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Buddhism and the Messiness of Everyday Thinking

February 22, 2016 ~ steve schwartzberg ~ 2 Comments

I am sitting in the Forest Refuge dining hall eating my breakfast oatmeal. I’m 4 weeks into a 3-month silent meditation retreat. My mind, however, is anything but silent: I’m in a fierce argument with the estate of songwriter Jimmy Webb.

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