Constellations

Zen Teachers Trace Patterns in the Mind-Sky

Margaret Syverson Margaret Syverson

Building the Habit of Inquiry

Habit scientists speak of four aspects to a habit: cue, craving, response, and reward, according to James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits. I found that very interesting from a Buddhist perspective, because he has added one aspect not usually mentioned by habit scientists: craving.

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Margaret Syverson Margaret Syverson

Emptiness, Karma, and President Obama

It seems to me that our collective karma — the residue of a beginningless history of racism, genocide, misogyny, exploitation, and oppression — is like dark matter in physics. It permeates everything, yet is invisible to us except through its effects.

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