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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…
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Emptiness of Self: The Key to Buddhist Enlightenment
Buddhists say the self is an illusion. Modern neuroscience says you hallucinate your existence from one moment to the next.
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Wedge Salads: How to Penetrate the Shield of Arrogance
How my wife outsmarted me and beat me at my own game.
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Golf is Life
If you want to know a person’s character, observe them for a round of golf, and all will be revealed.