Frank Basler
Always Receive Love
I read a good novel while in rehab with a broken ankle recently. When I saw the following passage, I wrote it down, because it expresses...
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Frank Basler
- Oct 4, 2021
- 2 min
Anxious? Stop Thinking
A famous Zen koan asks, “Does a dog have a Buddha nature? The answer is Stop! – stop thinking. Brother David Stendl Rast says “stop!” as...
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Frank Basler
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
Love is the Foundational Structure of the Universe
I was surrounded by love as I watched Westport’s Memorial Day parade this week. There was an outpouring of love for the nonagenarian...
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Frank Basler
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
Don't Read the Paper
It can make you even more depressed and anxious. After reading about the economic crisis in Brazil I couldn’t get the image out of my...
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Frank Basler
- Dec 31, 2020
- 1 min
The Miracle of Hope
An osprey landed on my kitchen window ledge, less than two feet from my face. We looked at each other for at least a minute before s/he...
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Frank Basler
- Nov 15, 2020
- 2 min
Enemy? Opponent? BE AN ALLY
Our President-elect says to heal our partisan divide we need to view others not as enemies, but as opponents. Better: We must be...
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Frank Basler
- Sep 20, 2020
- 2 min
Anxious? Angry? Choose Love
Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death and the Senate Majority Leader’s pledge to bring a Supreme Court nominee to a vote make me anxious. I’m...
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Frank Basler
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
Give us Something to Trust
Coronavirus cases in the US reach new highs. Stimulus talks stall; millions may lose $600 weekly unemployment benefits soon. So much...
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Frank Basler
- Jun 28, 2020
- 2 min
Can't Meditate? Stop Trying!
Of course you can meditate! (You do something like it all the time.) Trying gets In the way. I write this “Pandemic Musings” blog to...
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Frank Basler
- Jun 20, 2020
- 1 min
Healing our WHOLE World
Healing the racial divide and our societal sin of racism is accelerating beyond my fondest dreams. I’m hoping all this energy for change...
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Frank Basler
- Jun 13, 2020
- 2 min
When can we Have Some Peace?
Just when demonstrations turned peaceful this week and the stock market improved, coronavirus cases surged in Florida, Texas, and...
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Frank Basler
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
Horror and Hope
Things are still pretty horrible this week! Yet there are signs of hope – order emerging from disorder. Young people joining older...
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Frank Basler
- May 31, 2020
- 1 min
The Horror!
A 49-year-old man choked by police for more than eight minutes! Peaceful demonstrations and violent looting in major cities. Pandemic...
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Frank Basler
- May 23, 2020
- 1 min
Gratitude for our Losses
When I am at my most vulnerable, I'm sad about what I've lost with this pandemic. Some groups I've been involved with that gave my life...
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Frank Basler
- May 16, 2020
- 1 min
Anxious? Pour Yourself Out
This is so wise! A BLESSING OF IMPERMANENCE by Neil Douglas Klotz, PhD, Blessings of the Cosmos If you’re going to be anxious and rush...
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Frank Basler
- May 9, 2020
- 1 min
Choosing to Trust
In despair I read about Asian giant hornets suddenly found destroying honeybee hives in the Northwest. If these things get out of...
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