Spiritual Ego Transformation
23 May
Through the ego transformation process, by understanding the inter-being of all existence, our attention sees beyond our limited representative ego and is no longer directed to only our wellbeing but also the wellbeing of all of life’s manifestations. By listening to and responding to the ‘inner voice’ of the original mind, our ego becomes the transformative device to realize this natural actualization. Indeed, mindful, reflective awareness does not occur by the insistence of the ego, but by the promptings to realization originating from the original mind. We are all potential Buddha to the extent that we consciously participate in giving creative expression to our initially intuitive promptings of the original mind. This is the ultimate promise of the Buddha’s middle way relapse prevention program – to end the conditions, which create the tragedy of our suffering. The Buddha’s Gift: A life of Well Being and Wisdom
Reflections by an American on Israel-Palestine
14 MayThe situation happening today sadly brought me back to these reflections…
Jan 23, 2009
I had grown up in the USA watching the movie Exodus, respecting the proud Mosha Dayan, honoring Golda Meir as a strong and just woman, honoring Israel’s technological success in turning the desert into fertile land, a bit confused about Isael’s socialist almost communist agendes, eg. kibbutz since the USA was in the cold war against socialism. However, this was the image of Israel that was given to the Americans as Israel became a nation. Arabs were little discussed and it seemed fair to Americans that after the holcaust in Europe, Jews be given a nation where they could be secure and not persecuted. It was said it wasn’t a lot of land for Israel and the Arab population would have their own land – less of course, and the Arabs could live as their own nation as the same for Israel.
Ok, this was the…
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further reflections on Israel/Palestine
14 MayThe situation happening today sadly brought me back to these reflections…
| Feb 5 2009 As an American I continue to reflect on the treatment of Israel on the Palestinians and now especially Gaza. As a result of my reflections, I am horrified at the callousness and mean-spiritedness of the Israeli government. Even if one accepted the position of the Israeli government for the “disproportioned” attack on Gaza to stop rocket fire on Israeli towns, now there is a ceasefire and hopefully a continued peace effort by all involved. Despite this fact that almost all hostilities have ceased, the Israeli government refuses… |
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