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Ranty rant rant. Sometimes an enlightened thought.
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I mentioned in my post from the other day that my current read has renewed my interest in cults. Specifically, the Rajneesh cult in central Oregon in the 1980s. I was talking about the book, Influence, with a couple of coworkers who are also reading it. In the book’s chapter on Social Proof, the Jonestown…
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It is fascinating that this came as a random blog post idea after seeing Oatmeal’s hilarious webcomic, How to suck at your religion today. I am not an atheist. I just don’t believe in God as “he” his presented to us via the Judeo/Christian dogma. I think the Judeo/Christian God as presented in the Bible…
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Yesterday a group of people were checking out the current art installation that we have here at the library: pieces inspired by the book Mink River. One of them is a mixed media piece that incorporates found items: cigarette butts. One of the group pointed out the piece to his friend and said, “Look at…
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Last summer a new neighbor moved in and he smoked. I was irritated by this because it was hot outside and I wanted the windows open. Unfortunately when the windows were open the pollution of the smoke inundated my senses. Eventually my irritation turned to anger and I found myself wishing really awful things on this person I didn’t…
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In my meditation group we are reading, “How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness” by Jan Chozen Bays. Each week we are reading a chapter and then during the week we do the mindfulness exercise. It has been really eye-opening and I’ve already learned lots about myself. I should be blogging…
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