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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...
Frank Basler
Nov 22, 20222 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
Oct 4, 20212 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
Jun 2, 20213 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
Apr 27, 20212 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
Dec 31, 20201 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
Nov 15, 20202 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
Sep 20, 20202 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
Jul 24, 20202 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
Jun 28, 20202 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
Jun 20, 20201 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
Jun 13, 20202 min read
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Horror and Hope
Things are still pretty horrible this week! Yet there are signs of hope – order emerging from disorder. Young people joining older...
Frank Basler
Jun 6, 20202 min read
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The Horror!
A 49-year-old man choked by police for more than eight minutes! Peaceful demonstrations and violent looting in major cities. Pandemic...
Frank Basler
May 31, 20201 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
May 23, 20201 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
May 16, 20201 min read
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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...
Frank Basler
May 9, 20201 min read
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