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Entries by David Nichtern from 01/2011

Cultivating Balance and Equanimity Through Life's Ups and Downs

| Posted 01.03.2011 | Healthy Living
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We get invested in our own roller coaster ride, attached to our ups and downs, to the drama, the theatricality of it all. However, we can actually experience the ups and downs of life without getting totally swept away by them.

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Sudden Death -- A Buddhist View of the Tragedy in Arizona

| Posted 01.12.2011 | Religion
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From a Buddhist point of view, sudden death can be particularly difficult. The contrast between the sense of presence and the sense of absence is so sharp and shocking.

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