Death by Cheesecake: A Day at the Mall

  The ad said that they were building a dynamic city experience in the suburbs. There was already one condominium and soon there would be four, with a fitness pavilion, movie theatre, parking garage, and all the other perks that come with suburban life.  But what made this experience different was that the condos would […]

Dreams to Dollars… Says Who?

Live your passion and the money will follow… or so the myth goes. If we ignore the thought that says, “I can’t afford it,” and replace it with the thought that says, “Trust the universe,” then all of our material desires will be fulfilled. Like a Burger King, we simply put our order in with […]

Technology: Your Mind on Crack

If generating “to do” lists were an Olympic event, the human mind would surely take home the gold.  While undoubtedly useful for many tasks, the mind is also an unsettled and frantic creature whose basic state is agitation. The mind is in a state of constant craving; desperately seeking something to do, fix or figure […]

Making Friends with Fear

My dear friend is in a new relationship. It is her first in nearly a decade. It has been only a short time, but she is positively head over heels in love with this new man. It was a delight to listen as my friend sang her new boyfriend’s praises and expressed her deep joy […]

Why Meditate?

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