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Pleasuring the Senses Into Pacifying Pitta
We in the West often find ourselves in the middle of a personal, national or cultural love affair with All Things Pitta. Since both Pitta and summer are hot, Summertime can intensify that inclination...
View Article“Speak Father, Speak…”
“Speak, father, speak to your little boy. Or I shall be lost forever.” This is the poem 9 year old Tommy Donahue (now 37), wrote to his father, who had been killed. It is a story dominating Boston...
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A Heart of Iron and Wax
For a long time I have reflected on something that my guru said on more than one occasion. Here are the exact words, in one case: “And then we should have confidence, because a coward can never achieve...
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I was thinking… About what it means to be extreme, and how that changes from time to time. For example, traditionally the Aghora sect of Hinduism has, at least in part, at least according to my...
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I was thinking… About what it means to be extreme, and how that changes from time to time. For example, traditionally the Aghora sect of Hinduism has, at least in part, at least according to my...
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Contextualizing Weirdness. What Ptolemies, Artificial Insemination and...
There are many things to freak out about. How about this: Thinking of a sperm donor?: Ramifications you may not have thought of. Good? Are you sitting comfortably? Then we shall begin. As we know, many...
View ArticlePathological Altruism
You know that thing we do, where we overextend ourselves unnecessarily when we don’t have sufficient physical, financial, emotional or spiritual resources? Scientists have now coined a name for this:...
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Sacred Impressions in Nature and Man
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature, and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as...
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FDA SpyGate, Fear & Seduction: How can we make informed decisions?
There is, in today’s New York Times, an expose over which Hollywood must surely, as we speak (er…write or read), be collectively drooling. In the article, In Vast Effort, F.D.A. Spied on E-Mails of...
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Angelina Jolie Got a Double Mastectomy – Should You? 10 Alternative...
So, Angelina Jolie got a double mastectomy as a preventative measure, in order to reduce her risk of breast cancer. Should you do the same? Angelina apparently had a particularly strong genetic...
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