Archives: LR Articles
Liberalism and Religion – We Should Talk
Liberalism's objections to mythic forms do not apply to formless awareness. Thus liberalism and authentic spirituality can walk hand in hand.
Confessions of a Spiritual Shopper
Don Morreale on checking out the Buddhist scene and finding what’s right for you. (It only took him thirty years to decide.)
Howard Cutler and the Dalai Lama’s Art of Happiness
The Shambhala Sun talks to psychiatrist Howard Cutler about The Art of Happiness, the book based on his series of conversations with the Dalai Lama.
Time for Boomers to Ponder Old Age
So perhaps this is an apt time to discover dignity in old age, lest my generation become for a puling exit from the stage of life.
Is It Only Rock and Roll?
"I am constantly asked, why pay any attention to any of it? Isn't this middle brow culture somehow not really spiritual? What a small God, that."
Ordinary Initiations
"I've come to think that experiences of initiation are very common, very ordinary, very subtle. They happen to us all as a natural part of living."
Open to Understanding
The longing to be understood is very strong but it is in direct conflict with ego’s desire to be seen as independent and admirable. Karen Kissel Wegela on giving the ego a break and opening up instead.
Why We Travel: A Love Affair with the World
Like falling in love, travel throws us into a state of delight, uncertainty and self-discovery. Like lovers, travelers both give and receive.
Inheritance
"When my father said, ‘You descend from kings,’ he was reminding us that though we did not have the money of the powerful, we were powerful nonetheless."
Ain’t She Still a Woman?
Increasingly, patriarchy is offered as the solution to the crisis black men face. Black women face a culture where everyone wants us to stay in our place.