I was excited – but I had all the usual fears going on tonight. What if they don’t like me? What if I make an idiot of myself? What if they think I’m the Marla Singer of spirituality – a big tourist in a little Buddhist temple? As day seven of my #30daysofnewthings quest, I had planned to head out past Occoquan to a little Buddhist temple called “Ekoji”. I.. Read More
Wanna live to 200 like this guy? All you have to do is nothing!
Well I knew that meditation could make ya live longer. But 200 years? That’s what the Buddhists are claiming of this mummified monk found a couple months ago. He was stashed away in the home of some dude planning to sell him on the black market. And while I’m not sure exactly what you’d do with an overpriced Bodhisattva who’s passed on, my guess is (if that’s your religion and.. Read More
99 Problems And Bitching Solves None.
“It’d be cool if Facebook’s newsfeed prioritized status updates by comedy level. That way, I’d be in a more compassionate mood from laughing by the time I scrolled down to the negative reality stuff.” “I’ve got 99 problems and bitching solves none” –This Bitch, “The FaceBook Files” No – really. Let’s talk about this. It’s so awesome that we have social networking and can share everything from thoughts and memes.. Read More