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receiving and letting go

while listening to an npr podcast interview today a brief discussion about tonglen meditation came up which sparked my focus as it relates closely to how i view my position in society. upon reading my blog posts or listening to my rants about anything and everything, which tends to primarily focus on issues of politics, [...]

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additional remarks

just some follow-up quotes to my ‘america’ post the other day (this is a topic that is really frustrating me at the moment… just have to get it out so don’t feel that i’m wanting you to agree with my vision). not sure why i continue researching stuff like this as it only seems to [...]

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are you not fed up yet?

if you couldn’t tell already, i have become quite fed up with much of what is going on in this country and the apathetic, ignorant and selfish nature of the american people. honestly, wtf? do we just not care anymore? what the hell is going on? anyway, i came across an excerpt from lee iacocca’s [...]

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an addendum, or an after-thought

going back to my previous post, this is a topic that has been consuming my thoughts lately. maybe its just because i sit at my desk, staring out at the awesome view of lake union and queen anne from my window in a daze…thinking about anything and everything. well, this is of course in between [...]

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i reiterate my point

it’s comments like this that honestly make me wonder what the hell people are thinking. i mean, what kind of brain-washing has to be performed in order for someone to think like this and understand deep down within them that its the truth? anyway, i came across the following while browsing the news at newsvine [...]

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a world of hypocrits and bigots

most of this i already know and have come to realize is the hard-coded truth in human nature, but why are people so judgemental and close-minded to the point of bigotry? yet, they feel that their views on life and society are correct? our american society has such a conservative perception on life and [...]

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our purpose

do you ever sit there during the day… staring off into space, wondering about your life, your purpose? why are we here, really? i have really high goals set for myself, the largest of which is to make some sort of change in society… have a major influence. for some reason i feel as if [...]

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appreciate and value all that you have

If the world’s population were reduced to 100, it would look something like this…
miniature earth

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