Digging in the Dirt

When I headed off to college over forty years ago, unsure of what I wanted to do with my life, my younger sister recommended taking a course in archaeology. If it didnโ€™t pan out, I could always use the units to meet my humanities requirement. At the time, we lived...

Too Stressed to Meditate?

Buddhist psychology claims there are three primary emotions or sensations โ€” pleasant, painful, and neutral. Arising from these primary emotions are our reactions to them, the so-called secondary emotions. For example, we might feel desire or joy in...

Love and the Split Self

In the movie Take This Waltz, a young Canadian woman, Margot, is happily married although not excited about her life. Her work doesnโ€™t fulfill her. She designs brochures but would rather be a โ€œrealโ€ writer. She describes herself as afraid of being...

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