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Are American Christians Being Persecuted? – Dialectic Two Step

Question: What makes American Christians, in general, believe that they are being persecuted?

Response: They’ve seen, over the past 400 years, the pendulum of history moving away from them on social hot button issues.

I see this as more a conservative political block crying wolf. While I have no faith in the articles of the Nicaean creed, much of what the Christian teachings remain at the center of what this country is about.

While the relentless edge of the constitution is carving off the irrelevant influences of the Christian religion on government, there remains a valuable core.

Dialectic Two-Step  is an ongoing series of my thoughts on questions that come my way.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. - Octavio

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Apocalypse Now – Say What?

Say What?  is an ongoing series of laconic exchanges on Buddhism in the format of a comic strip. 

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Five Star Review of Clouds Tell Us

Roald Wilson offers another review of Clouds Tell Us and gives it 5 stars. It wouldn’t hurt the author’s cause if you headed over to buy a copy  for yourself and as a holiday gift for friends and family on Cyber-Saturday.

The Review

Clouds Tell Us is a collection of poetry exploring the intersection of nature and our humanity. What does it mean to be awake? What is it like to actually be alive? Could anything be more important than being awake for life? Nothing brings us back to it more than spending time in nature. This book hopes to inspire you to rediscover your connection with nature and to rekindle your humanity.

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Spirit Falls – A Two Minute Meditation

Spirit comes from the Latin spiritus meaning breath.  To breathe it to sustain life. These visits to New England waterfalls have become a life sustaining and refreshing ritual.  This week’s video is of Spirit Falls in Royalston, MA.

Spirit Falls in Royalston, MA.

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Minute Meditations is an ongoing series of short videos, poems, and commentary intended as a meditation.  Offered as an opportunity to step back from your cyber routine and settle into a more natural rhythm, if only for a minute.

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These videos are produced for those of us who spend an inordinately large amount of time in the cyber-world.  They are not a substitute for unplugging from your devices and taking a stroll near trees, water, or a patch of unkempt grass.  Getting out into the world - touching, smelling, hearing, and seeing nature is the best way to reconnect with our prime purpose.  

What is our prime purpose? We are feeling and sensing machines.  We are the universe looking back on itself. We are witness to the wonders and dangers of living in this corner of the cosmos.  We are the seekers looking for connection a little further beyond yesterday's borders and boundaries.

But sitting and staring at the screen robs us of the sustenance that we rely upon for wonder and sanity.  These videos are an opportunity to bring the sensations of nature to you, while you're in the cyber-world. Its an opportunity to relax your gaze, resettle your posture,  and regain some depth in your breath.  Listen and watch the video and allow your self to open up and recharge.

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Southwest – Tiny Drops (Photography)

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Cactus BugsCactus PearTaos Street

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More or Less – Verse Us (Poems by Me)

Verse Us - Poems I write: haiku, senryu, mesostics, free verse, random word constructions, I might even use rhyme or meter once and a while.

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Conversion – Say What?

Say What?  is an ongoing series of laconic exchanges on Buddhism in the format of a comic strip. 

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Can You Hear It? – Dialectic Two Step

Dialectic Two-Step  is an ongoing series of my thoughts on questions that come my way.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. - Octavio

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Experience – Quotes

Quotes -The path to right view is an arduous walk through fields of manure.

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Experience

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For Better or Worse – Say What?

Say What?  is an ongoing series of laconic exchanges on Buddhism in the format of a comic strip. 

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