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Eco Boy vs. Yoga Girl: the Break Up. {NSFW}

by elephantjournal.com on Oct 12, 2012

For more chapters, click here. ~ “Breakups aren’t hard to do. They’re inevitable. The notion that love is unchanging and fixed is immature: if we want to “stay married” or together, forever, then treat one’s relationship like a surfer treats the waves: with unending enthusiasm and joy. Falling down and losing one’s breath is par [...]

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“Only from the Heart can you Touch the Sky.” ~ Rumi {Eco Boy vs. Yoga Girl}

by Waylon Lewis on Sep 12, 2012

The Continuing Adventures of Eco Boy vs. Yoga Girl. “The below is an excerpt of a forthcoming novella. It’s autobiographical fiction (with the emphasis on fiction). Book forthcoming in Spring 2013, the first from elephant journal press.” “Feeling love is easy. Being genuinely in love takes balls. Most people aren’t up to it.” ~ [...]

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elephant’s Best of the Week.

by elephantjournal.com on Feb 29, 2012

Subscribe to elephant’s free Top 10 Blogs of the Week newsletter. Yoga Girl Looks at Herself. Back in Boulton, Colorada. “True love doesn’t exist, friends. Everyone’s playing a game. So lose as quick as you can—lay down your king—give up. For it’s only on the other side of defeat that the mysterious heart, cracked, can let [...]

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Obstacles and Antidotes to Daily Meditation.

by Linda Lewis on Feb 1, 2012

His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche used to say, “Practicing with obstacles is supreme practice.”
Various obstacles can arise in meditation not only for the novice but for the senior practioner.

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Four reasons that, while the world may end today, it won’t be because of the Mayan Calendar.

by Waylon Lewis on Dec 30, 2011

The end is nigh? Nay: “The Mayan calendar does not predict the end of the world…” (Video) Bonus, new video: 2012 Truth ~ 2012 DOOMSDAY APOCALYPSE END OF TIMES RAPTURE!? The End is Nigh? The Hype is High. We humankind love the fear that is “The End is Nigh!” It’s fun, like astrology on pcp, [...]

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Boredom is good for you. ~ Jolee McBreen

by elephantjournal.com on May 14, 2011

A new study claims that boredom can actually make people better themselves and encourage them to participate in more meaningful activities.

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Kinhin.

by Waylon Lewis on Aug 6, 2009

Kinhin. Walking Meditation. The Japanese Monk, from Baraka. We used to practice this as a part of Dathun, at Karme Choling and elsewhere. God, was it boring. And yet—that was the point—relaxing into the boredom, the hot boredom became cool boredom and, as in yoga, we began to extend our mindfulness into action. Baraka: A [...]

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The Path of Meditation. ~ via Frank Berliner (he’s back!) Falling in Love with a Buddha, a preview of forthcoming book!

by elephantjournal dotcom on Jan 19, 2009

Dear elephantjournal.com readers, Columnists Peggy Markel, Mary Taylor, Carolyn Gimian, Abbey Smith and now Frank Berliner are back in our new, paperless manifestation. This one, Frank’s first since we left behind our print magazine for the www, is a special treat: a preview of his forthcoming, first, long-awaited book: “Dear Waylon… I’d promised to write [...]

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