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Posted on January 21, 2019
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“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
Posted on November 12, 2018
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Chasing the Westward Sun: One Week and 3,500 Miles In the summer of 2017 I went on a one-week 3,500 mile road trip through Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota. The road trip had spawned after the death of my mom the year… Continue Reading “Chasing the Westward Sun”
Category: All, Environment, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, America, Cattle, Childhood, Choteau Montana, Colorado, Creek, Farm Life, Farmland, Glacier National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Inspiration, Jackson Lake, Life, Memories, Midwest, Montana, Nature, Parachute Colorado, Pinedale Wyoming, Road Trip, Rocky Mountain National Park, Valley, Woods, Wyoming, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park
Posted on April 1, 2018
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The Power of Belief I was born into and raised within a Christian community, more specifically a Catholic parish. This article will discuss how I went from attending a private Catholic school and Catholic Mass every weekend, to feeling a lot of doubt in… Continue Reading “The Power of Belief”
Category: All, Atheism, Religion and Spirituality, GodTags: *See All Posts, Atheism, Atheist, Buddhism, Buddhist, Catholic, Christianity, Church, Confirmation, Doubt, Easter, Eucharist, Faith, Holy Bible, Inspiration, Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, Mind, Nature, Ordained Minister, Ordination, Parish, Power of Belief, Priest, Religion, Richard Dawkins, Sacraments, Sam Harris, Sin, Transubstantiation, Youth Pastor
Posted on March 24, 2018
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Lords of the Wild For millennia human beings have created depictions through art and literature of fabled beings who resided in forests, mountains, and various other aspects of nature. These ranged from male and female beings who looked very human like to those who… Continue Reading “Lords of the Wild”
Category: All, Atheism, Religion and Spirituality, Environment, GodTags: *See All Posts, Animals, Baruch Spinoza, Cernunnos, Christianity, Earth, Environment, Environmentalism, Existence, Gods of Nature, Green Man, Inspiration, Nature, Nature Worship, Pan, Pantheism, Religion, Space, Spirituality, Sun, Truth
Posted on December 9, 2017
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“The mind withers and the soul may fade, but the heart will always beat in sync with the one who carries it.” – Colin Madsen February 18, 1991 – April 04, 2016 His Light Carries On: The Life, the Loss, and the Love of… Continue Reading “His Light Carries On”
Category: All, In Loving Memory, Kephen's Commentary, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Abduction, Adventurer, American Medical Examiners, Arshan, Buryatia, Cerebral Wayfarer, Closure, Colin Madsen, Compassion, Death, Evidence, Facts, His Light Carries On, In Loving Memory, In Memoriam, Inspiration, Irkutsk, Justice, Loss, Loss of Loved Ones, Loving Kindness, Murder Case, Nature, Peace, Remembering, Russia, Russian Investigation, Siberia, Torture, Truth, Tunka National Park, Unsolved Murder, Violent Interrogation
Posted on August 22, 2017
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The Thousand Year Journey Jedidiah Jenkins offers up some inspiring wisdom for those of us seeking deeper meaning in life: Follow Jedidiah on Instagram
Category: All, Atheism, Religion and Spirituality, Human Condition, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Awareness, Courage, Explore, Fun, Happiness, Healing, Health, Inspiration, Introspective, Joy, Learn, Lessons on Living, Meaning, Mindfulness, Nature, Travel, Wander, Wisdom
Posted on July 4, 2017
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No Arrival, No Destination, Just Being From Thich Nhat Hanh, the venerable Vietnamese monk who strives to live and spread the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, I’ve learned this simple lesson: There should be no coming, no going, just being. More than anything else, these… Continue Reading “No Arrival, No Destination, Just Being”
Category: All, Atheism, Religion and Spirituality, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, Alone, Awareness, Buddhism, Explore, Inspiration, Learn, Lonely, Meditation, Mindfulness, Nature, Peace, Philosophy, Spirituality, Thich Nhat Hanh, Truth, Wander, Zen
Posted on July 4, 2017
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Respect For Living Things Not every good person makes good choices. I spent my childhood obsessively learning about animals, my family can attest to that. When I borrowed books from the library, the overwhelming odds guaranteed that it was animal related. I knew more… Continue Reading “Respect For Living Things”
Category: All, EnvironmentTags: *See All Posts, Animals, Conservation, Endangered, Environment, Extinct, Inspiration, Nature, Preservation, Protection, Respect, Science
Posted on February 13, 2017
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Some ten years ago, at a time when my mind was still clouded with fantasy, I had the belief that only through faith could moral, ethical, and compassionate behavior be made manifest. That quintessentially, only through religion could we ever become better human beings.… Continue Reading “On Faith and Fallacy: My Journey Out Of Christianity”
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The Ardent Axiom 
His Light Carries On
Posted on December 9, 2017 by Kēphen
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“The mind withers and the soul may fade, but the heart will always beat in sync with the one who carries it.” – Colin Madsen February 18, 1991 – April 04, 2016 His Light Carries On: The Life, the Loss, and the Love of… Continue Reading “His Light Carries On”
Category: All, In Loving Memory, Kephen's Commentary, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Abduction, Adventurer, American Medical Examiners, Arshan, Buryatia, Cerebral Wayfarer, Closure, Colin Madsen, Compassion, Death, Evidence, Facts, His Light Carries On, In Loving Memory, In Memoriam, Inspiration, Irkutsk, Justice, Loss, Loss of Loved Ones, Loving Kindness, Murder Case, Nature, Peace, Remembering, Russia, Russian Investigation, Siberia, Torture, Truth, Tunka National Park, Unsolved Murder, Violent Interrogation