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Category Archives: Articles by Robert Althouse
These are troubling times when the news just keeps getting worse and worse. It’s easy to be taken over by the sense of foreboding gloom and fear that pervade much of our media. You can become very cynical. You try … Continue reading
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We are living in turbulent and chaotic times. We are challenged with complex problems we do not yet know how to solve. As a country we seem to be paralyzed in gridlock unable to agree even on what the problem … Continue reading
I’m not a big fan of New Years resolutions. But since it is New Years and this is the time of year you are most likely to try making some, let me suggest some ways to do this more effectively, … Continue reading
In many cultures it is common to honor or even worship one’s ancestors. You might think this is all well and good, but there are some ancestors I’d rather not remember. Like most of us, you have mixed feelings about … Continue reading
Our world is sacred through and through. We have a Zen saying: “There is no where you can spit.” When you lose sight of this, it’s easy to imagine you are a victim rather than a player. This is a … Continue reading
Though you often approach your life as a problem that needs to be solved or something that needs to be controlled, when you live a Zen-inspired life you begin to appreciate that your life is a calling that needs to … Continue reading
What does it mean to live an open life? What does such a life look like? Let’s appreciate three aspects of living an open life. There is the way in which you open to your own personal experience. There is … Continue reading
Within a short span of only a few weeks, we have witnesses two tragic mass shootings in Aurora, Colorada and now in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. It seems that neither movie theaters or even spiritual places of peace such as Sikh … Continue reading
Many years ago when I was studying with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche he sent me down to care take some retreat property in a remote valley in southern Colorado. The cabin I stayed in was very rustic. This was a time … Continue reading
The Third Ancestor of Chan, Chien-chih Seng-ts’an said “The Great Way is not difficult; it just avoids picking and choosing.” Picking and choosing is how we create much of our suffering. The Buddha taught that the cause of suffering is … Continue reading