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...

The Eternal Marriage

My husband and I have been together almost 37 years, 33 of them married. We know couples past the 50-year point. Some like to trump our landmark. โ€œPshaw.ย Newlyweds.โ€ But in a nation where half of marriages end in divorce, and about half the people wanting a...

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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