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Dealing with Death

October 8, 2015 by Jennifer Hancock

“The main thing I’ve learned and actually relearned about grief in the last few weeks is just how communal an experience it is…”

Categories Free Tags coping, death, emotion, feeling, grief, grieving, naturalism 2 Comments

The Ultimate Existential Crisis

March 8, 2015March 5, 2015 by Jennifer Hancock

“Being alive means I’m lucky, because at some point, I won’t be.”

Categories Free Tags coping with, death, existence, existential crisis, existentialism, facing death, humanism, humanist, mortality 1 Comment

Contemplating Impermanence

June 8, 2016February 26, 2015 by Jeremy Mattocks
Newspaper decomposing in the grass

Zen teacher Poep Sa Frank Jude Boccio: Once you accept the reality of impermanence, you can relax and celebrate life…

Categories Free Tags buddha, buddhism, consciousness, death, impermanence, zen 1 Comment

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Wisdom Hides in Plain Sight

Wisdom Hides in Plain Sight

Thomas Schenk makes the case that we already have access to the wisdom we need for a good life…

Mindfulness of the Soul

Mindfulness of the Soul

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Emergent Phenomena: "More Than the Sum Of the Parts"

Emergence and viewing nature as sacred…

Real religion?

Real religion?

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On Spirituality & Politics

A full spirituality can certainly include political activity. But what is the relationship of politics and a spiritual community, and

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