Tag: dependent origination

How to fix yourself

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The first step in fixing yourself is to understand that you are not broken. You may be hurt, down-hearted, alone, depressed, or angry, but you are not broken. Yet still you may struggle, as I do, with feeling as though…

My truths about God

God

Who is God, and where do we find him? The first question that I draw from this statement is whether or not my truth is an absolute truth or not. And is there such a thing as an absolute truth,…

The understanding of no self

Thanks in no small part to a wonderful dhamma talk recently given by Bhante Sankichcha of the Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, I finally feel as though I have an understanding of anatta (no self). Strangely, as much as I’ve studied…

I walk the line

Somewhere between born and unborn, alive and dead, this life and the next, the past and the future, I walk the line. This awareness has become increasingly clear to me recently, and I find it fascinating and liberating. I see…

I am I said

“I am, I said To no one there An no one heard at all Not even the chair “I am,” I cried “I am,” said I And I am lost, and I can’t even say why Leavin’ me lonely still”…