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Tibetan Buddhist Lamrim: Refuge Practice
Finding support in religious figures, religious teachings, and the community of believers. Where do people look for guidance and support when circumstances are challenging? For much of the last 2,500 years, many have turned to organized religion. Generally, major religions instruct their followers to seek inspiration, guidance, and support from their Gods, holy books, and…
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Autism and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Unmasking the ‘Snake Oil’ Claims
The US Food and Drug Administration has published a warning for parents to beware of false or misleading claims about HBOT for treating autism. I know a family who purchased a hyperbaric oxygen chamber for their home to treat their son with autism. It was expensive. A cheap one costs about $10,000, and some go…
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Tibetan Buddhist Lamrim: The Dangers of Lower Rebirth
Is it possible that you could have been born a creature other than a human? All the major world religions use some form of a carrot-and-stick approach to motivate good behavior. The carrot is a reward for good behavior, such as going to heaven, gaining favor with God, being reborn in comfortable circumstances, reincarnation in…
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Snake Oil and Autism: The Truth About Autism Cure Scams
Searching for miracle cures fans false hopes, wastes time, and enriches con artists. Every parent wants a perfect child who grows up to have a major impact on the world and the love and adoration of the masses. Parents fantasize about living vicariously through their child prodigy, who will fulfill every dream they couldn’t in…
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Tibetan Buddhist Lamrim: Death and Impermanence
A Lamrim meditation on the transient nature of existence and the importance of abandoning attachments. Intellectually, we all know we are going to die. Our instinct is to survive, so the fact of certain death makes most people uncomfortable, and they push it away. Death is considered a downer. Western culture shields us from death.…
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From Denial to Acceptance: Parenting After an Autism Diagnosis
Reduce the time from shock to acceptance and everyone benefits. Each parent has a unique experience when they realize their child is different. For most people, it isn’t a time of rejoicing. It usually starts with suspicions because the child’s behavior isn’t typical. These suspicions lead to a period of consideration and denial, perhaps with…
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Tibetan Buddhist Lamrim: Your Precious Human Life
The Lamrim teachings in Tibetan Buddhism place great importance on recognizing the value of a precious human life on the spiritual path. Most people take their lives for granted and fail to recognize its significance. Since none of us can stop being human, and each day we wake up, we are human, it’s understandable why…
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Just Say No to Pharmaceutical Drugs
The Pharmaceutical industry exists primarily to enrich shareholders on the government dime at your expense.
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The Toll of Anger: Why Getting Angry Isn’t Worth It
Overcome anger by recognizing its many faults and practicing patient acceptance. Whenever I get angry, I recognize it immediately. Most people do. Anger leaves little doubt when it arises, and it manifests in obvious ways. Many people become angry, but then do little or nothing to manage it, believing it’s a natural reaction that should…