Spiritual Zen

Jim Carrey’s appeal for Burma

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Jim Carrey, the US actor, has issued a video appeal, urging people to email the Secretary General of the United Nations, asking for a “strong response” from the UN to the current crisis in Burma. Watch below:

Burmese Forces Fire on Protesters

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The peaceful pro-democracy uprising led by Buddhist monks in Burma (Myanmar) came to a head as the military dictatorship’s troops attacked monks and lay supporters.

Government security forces cracked down for a second…

Marguerite Young: “Every heart is the other heart … the individual is the one illusion.”

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One of the great paradoxes of spiritual practice is that when we empathize with others — sharing their happiness but also their pain — we feel more fulfilled. We’re more alive. We’re happier.

You’d think it would…

“One City: A Declaration of Interdependence,” by Ethan Nichtern

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As Dharma teachers go Ethan Nichtern is hot, or at least that’s the impression one gets from the number of his podcasts that people are downloading and the blurbs on the back of his new book One City: A Declaration…

A student asks: In my metta bhavana practice, I can’t seem to feel anything toward the neutral and difficult person. Any advice?

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Students who take Wildmind’s online courses have the opportunity to talk about their practice and get personal feedback from the teacher. The following is a recent exchange from one of our meditation courses.

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