Highly recommended!
From May 08 issue of the Shambhala Sun

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“The crazy wisdom approach to fear is not regarding it as a hangup alone, but realizing it is intelligent. It has a message of its own. Fear is worth respecting. If we dismiss fear as an obstacle and ignore it, then we might end up with accidents. In other words, fear is a very wise […]

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On July 8 I’m departing for a one month semi-solitary retreat in Colorado. I’m house sitting in a beautiful but remote house in the foothills of the Rockies. There is no regular phone service. I say “semi-solitary” because for 3 or 4 days during this time, some others will also stay at the house. And […]

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In the beginning, I took the teacher as teacher,
In the middle, I took the scriptures as teacher,
In the end, I took my own mind as teacher.
–From Journey to Enlightenment, pictorial biography of Dilgo Khyenste Rinpoche
Relationships are lonely. Even good ones. My relationship with my husband is lonely. My relationship with my guru is lonely. They’re […]

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This book describes a wonderful way of dealing with fear. The only way, in fact. By making friends with it. Offering it a cup of tea, perhaps.

Tsultrim Allione brings an eleventh-century Tibetan woman’s practice to the West for the first time with FEEDING YOUR DEMONS, an accessible and effective approach for dealing with negative emotions, […]

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Betrayal. Love lost. Murder. Sweet sorrow. Haunted voices speaking from beyond the grave… This song (recorded by the great, great Johnson Mountain Boys) has it all.

No, brother, I’ll never grow better
‘Tis useless to tell me so now
My broken heart is only awaiting
For a resting place under the snow
I was thinking last night, dear brother
How […]

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Authentic Inspiration: A Retreat for Writers
Karme Choling Shambhala Meditation Center
Barnet, VT June 29 – July 6
$675
Register

“I had not written anything in a long time. The Writers’ Retreat gave me the space, time, and inward focus to let creativity happen naturally. I hadn’t realized how much I had to say. The meditation […]

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