by Jerry Kolber,
www.ThreeDollarDinner.com.
For more about the IDP check out
The Interdependence Project.
Sarah Palin's book
Going Rogue has just come out and she's using the release as another opportunity to prove why she is just anther in a long line of folks who have squandered the power of having national attention. Rather than looking deep into the unifying ideas of her own Christian tradition, and transforming her own fear, selfishness, and separateness into a positive force in national politics, she continues to peddle and parade and commodify her insecurities in the guise of false morality, all while watching over her shoulder for the scantily clad shadow figure of baby daddy
Levi Johnston. This is a great thing for Buddhists.
by Jerry Kolber, special to the Herald, author: Three Dollar DinnerOver the past few weeks I have been incredibly aware of co-incidents. The power of coincidence seems to be playing a large role in my life and I am wondering if this is related to karma, or cause-effect, or intentionality. This may or may not have anything to do with Buddhism and I leave it those far more deeply versed in the non-basic teachings than I to weigh in, but I do feel compelled to share some of my thoughts on coincidence.
by Jerry Kolber
Jerry is a writer and producer of film and TV based in NYC. His site
about how to cook cheap delicious organic meals is at www.ThreeDollarDinner.com.
It's hard to believe in Judaism and also believe in Christianity, but you can believe in the Bible, and also believe in evolution. Buddhism does not require you to disbelieve anything. You can be Christian and believe in what the Buddha taught. You can believe in the power of the mind to heal, and also believe in the power of surgery. You can believe in ghosts, and still believe the earth rotates the sun every 24 hours. You can be a Jew, and believe in what the Buddha taught.
And once you start to understand the very simple, very basic ideas of what the Buddha taught, you begin to see very clearly that he was really onto something. And that what he was on to was a way to deal with the pervasive sense of dissatisfaction. If your present spiritual practice has you feeling satisfied, and you're not praying or hoping for an end to your dissatisfaction - you're truly satisfied, you're never finding yourself succumbing to fantasy, or retreating into your past - then keep doing what you're doing!
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