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The Right Mindset for a More Meaningful Life
Posted on February 8, 2021 by Kēphen
Category: All, Atheism, Religion and Spirituality, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, Appreciation, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Dealing With Loss, Death, Delusion, Dying, Ego, Ethics, Existence, Existential, Existentialism, Fulfillment, Gratitude, Happiness, Honesty, Human Connection, Insight, Inspiration, Introspective, Joy, Lessons on Living, Life, Loss, Loss of Loved Ones, Meaning, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Mortality, Philosophy, Purpose, Rarity of Life, Reality Check, Reflecting, Ruminating, Truth, Value of Life, What Matters, Wisdom
Liberation and a Return to the Sacred
Posted on January 21, 2019 by Kēphen
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” ~Gary Snyder Liberation and a Return to the Sacred Buddhism has a long history with the forest. Siddhartha Gautama fled the comforts of the Shakya Kingdom and immersed himself with the lands beyond to… Continue Reading “Liberation and a Return to the Sacred”
Category: All, Atheism, Religion and Spirituality, Behavioral Health, Environment, ScienceTags: *See All Posts, Behavioral Health, Buddhism, Ego, Forest Bathing, Forests, Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Mahayana, Mental Health, Nature, Nature Therapy, Pan, Pantheism, Sacred, Self, Siddhartha Gautama, Taoism, Woodlands
The Inexplicable
Posted on March 19, 2018 by Kēphen
The Inexplicable Have you ever stopped to think for a moment how incredibly rare your existence actually is? The odds that you would ever come into being are literally on average a million to one. That’s literally a 0.000001% chance that you would be… Continue Reading “The Inexplicable”
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From Samanera to Bhikkhu: The Life of a Traditional Theravada Monk
Posted on November 12, 2017 by Kēphen
From Samanera to Bhikkhu: The Life of a Traditional Theravada Monk In this article we will explore the life of a traditional Buddhist monk, as seen through the eyes of a Theravada practitioner. If you don’t know anything about Buddhism, I highly recommend you… Continue Reading “From Samanera to Bhikkhu: The Life of a Traditional Theravada Monk”
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The Macrocosm Perspective
Posted on October 10, 2017 by Kēphen
The Macrocosm Perspective Siddhartha Gautama taught that in order to see what matters we must first remove the ego from the equation. Nothing rips apart my ego or sense of self more than the Universe. The above photo is a compilation of the center… Continue Reading “The Macrocosm Perspective”
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The Middle Way and the Turning of the Wheel
Posted on August 31, 2017 by Kēphen
The Middle Way and the Turning of the Wheel: A Brief Examination of Buddhism Buddhism has its origins in the late 6th century BCE with the teachings of the Buddha in Northern India and Nepal. The Buddha, which is a title and not a… Continue Reading “The Middle Way and the Turning of the Wheel”
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Identity Politics and the Slow Death of the American Moral Landscape
Posted on August 24, 2017 by Kēphen
Identity Politics and the Slow Death of the American Moral Landscape I used to watch Fox News, and then I switched to CNN, and then I stopped watching network channels for daily news and commentary because they are all so heavily biased towards the… Continue Reading “Identity Politics and the Slow Death of the American Moral Landscape”
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- On the Nature of Happiness
- Online Etiquette
- Book Review: This Book Could Save Your Life
- A Safe Place to Call Home: The Childhood Trauma of Growing Up LGBTQ+ in Small-Town America
- 20 Years Later
- Seeking Help for Depression
- Workplace Mental Health
- The Words We Choose to Use in Behavioral Health
- In Memoriam: Ricardo “Ricky” Reyes
- Music & Mental Health: A Path to Recovery
- Unbecoming: The Struggle for Acceptance
- The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act: 988 Takes Effect July 16, 2022
- Long December
- The Power of Purpose, Meaning, and Fulfillment
- World Suicide Prevention Day
- We Are Not the Burden, We Carry the Burden
- Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management
- Employment Nostalgia
- Vaccination?
- Should You Go Back to School?
- The Privilege and Risks of Pretentious and Delusional Self-Importance in American Youth
- Prajñāpāramitā Part III: The Sacred Lotus of the Dharma
- How to Practice Empathy and Prevent Emotional Impotence
- Down the Rabbit Hole and Through the Looking Glass
- The Power of Hope on the Journey of Recovery
- The Right Mindset for a More Meaningful Life
- Companionship: Love Not Lust
- Recovery: Hope is the Spark
- To Mask or Not to Mask
- Freckles: Chapter Nineteen
- When Life Hurts the Most
- Start a Conversation that Matters
- The Tragedy of Travis Maldonado
- The Power and Truth of Self-Awareness
- A Journey Called Hope
- The Scars of Loss
- Unsolicited Stranger
- The Dying Light of Unrequited Love
- Freckles: Chapter Eighteen
- Liberation and a Return to the Sacred
- The Perfect Life
- Love Me Not
- Chasing the Westward Sun
- Life After
- The Past That’s Not Forgotten
- In the Twilight of Memory
- Out of the Darkness: My Experience with a Mental Health Condition
- U.S. Behavioral Health and the Workplace
- Prajñāpāramitā Part II: The Heart of Insight
- Moments in Time
- To Be Acknowledged As Existing
- Choose To Live
- The Power of Belief
- Lords of the Wild
- The Inexplicable
- Genealogy: How To Research Your Family Ancestry
- Ben Tre: Keep the Loneliness Warm
- Genetics: The Basics of How You’ve Come To Be
- What the Story of Hiro-Kala Teaches Us
- When A Parent Dies
- Prajñāpāramitā Part I: The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion
- The Passenger
- His Light Carries On
- From Samanera to Bhikkhu: The Life of a Traditional Theravada Monk
- How To Start Eating Better
- The Macrocosm Perspective
- Human Sexuality Defined
- Alone In The Dark
- Nationalism and Police Brutality: The Deafening Sound of Ignorance
- The Middle Way and the Turning of the Wheel
- Identity Politics and the Slow Death of the American Moral Landscape
- The Thousand Year Journey
- His Empty Soul
- The Choice That Never Was
- No Arrival, No Destination, Just Being
- Respect For Living Things
- Abortion, Abstinence, Abuse, Birth Control, Teen Sex, and Unwanted Pregnancy
- The Darkest Corners of the Cyber World: Sexual Predation and Exploitation
- Freckles: Chapter Seventeen
- Everywhere You Go, There You Are
- Words To Live By
- Transgender in America
- On Faith and Fallacy: My Journey Out Of Christianity
- The Wall, Illegal Immigration, and the U.S. – Mexican Border
- Thích Nhất Hạnh
- How Climate Change Affects Our Lives
- Muslim Refugees, Christianity and the Future of Freedom
- In Search of Self
- On Labels and Identity
- It’s Been A While
- Freckles: Chapter Sixteen
- Freckles: Chapter Fifteen
- Freckles: Chapter Fourteen
- Freckles: Chapter Thirteen
- Freckles: Chapter Twelve
- Freckles: Chapter Eleven
- Freckles: Chapter Ten
- Freckles: Chapter Nine
- Freckles: Chapter Eight
- Freckles: Chapter Seven
- Freckles: Chapter Six
- Freckles: Chapter Five
- The Four Cornerstones
- Freckles: Chapter Four
- Freckles: Chapter Three
- Freckles: Chapter Two
- The Darklord
- Crash
- Freckles: Chapter One
- Anger, Violence, Death, and Regret
- Of God
- The Erosion of the Sagacious American Intellect
- Lemmings and Other Things
- Self-Reflection: To End A Cold, Damp Day
- The Man In The Mirror
- Keep You: Part Two
- Keep You: Part One
- The Demon In Me
- A River of Undying Flames
- Autumn Calls You Home
- These Walls, That Shadow, Those Memories and This Soul
- Meditation
- A Portal to My Mind
- At Peace With Goodbye
- The Starry Night
- Asylum of My Mind: A Beckoning to Darker Places
- My Heart in the Sun
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Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management
Posted on August 16, 2021 by Kēphen
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In May 2009 I joined Twitter, two months later I deleted my account, and now twelve years after that I have rejoined the quagmire of Twitter for one single reason: it’s the only place where I can follow the vast majority of authors, scientists, philosophers,… Continue Reading “Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management”
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