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Psychosocial Stress, Inflammation, and Atherosclerosis: An Anthropological Reflection That most feared of outcomes— the heart attack , or acute myocardial infarction (AMI)—rarely occurs out of the blue. From a biomedical…
The River Beneath the Numbers Psychosocial Stress, Inflammation, and the Anthropology of Disease Still Water / Hidden Flow The heart appears still—like water in the Everglades. But beneath, unseen currents…
“To travel is to feel.” — Fernando Pessoa I went to Pinecrest today, though it no longer exists. Not in the way that towns exist—with a centre, a rhythm, a…
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment; Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment is intuition.” — Rumi I have spent much of my professional life moving between worlds—London, Melbourne, Miami, and the…
What Did the Medicine Man Say? “Humility is not thinking less of oneself; it is thinking of oneself less.” — Ancient teaching often repeated among Indigenous elders It took me…
LIFE IS FULL OF UNEXPECTED PLEASURES Today was one such .. not that i did any thing more special than my usual work with the Indigenous people .. but a…
Spiritual Materialism: Cross-Tradition Comparison Handout Core Question Across Traditions Is spirituality being used to dissolve the ego—or to sanctify it? 1. Tibetan Buddhism Key voice: Chögyam Trungpa Risk Turning meditation,…
Spiritual materialism is a concept introduced and most clearly articulated by the Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa , especially in his book Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism . At its core,…
HAPPY SPRING IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH OF MEHR IN IRAN AND ALSO The Mehregan Festival, or the Persian Festival of Autumn, is an ancient celebration…
Port San Gustain is a port in Brittany with an illustrious past. The current day village is a charming one on one of the estuaries in the Bay in Brittany…
I always had an interest in knowing the history of ancient jewish communities which for various reasons disappear over the course of time. Since the establishment of the Jewish State…
Tonight is the Full Moon of April 2021. I joined on line to a philosophical/spiritual discussion by a leading Guru from South India. Normally his talks are entertaining but this…