About: Chris Lemig
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 Yeah, I’m Religious. So What?by Chris Lemig on Jan 12, 2013 Source: shootstudio.ca via Stephanie on Pinterest Yeah, I’m Religious. So What? (And a little poke at Waylon Lewis). “The religious mind is something entirely different from the mind that believes in religion. You cannot be religious and yet be a Hindu, a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist. A religious mind does not seek at all; it [...] 607 views |
 You, My Friend, Are Alright.by Chris Lemig on Nov 25, 2012 I’ve been in India studying Tibetan for much of the past year and although I’ve learned a lot about the language, I think I’ve learned more about myself. Take this morning—it was a rough one. I was stressing out about Tibetan (again). I was being too hard on myself. I was comparing myself to other students who [...] 780 views |
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Risking The Open Heart: Of Puppies, Compassion & His Holiness the Dalai Lama.by Chris Lemig on Apr 27, 2012 … 464 views |
Tenzin Palmo on Her New Book Into The Heart Of Life. {Video}by Chris Lemig on Apr 19, 2012 Ever feel like your mediation practice gets left on the cushion as soon as you walk out the door? Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo talks about everyday dharma and her latest book, Into The Heart Of Life, with documentary film director, Khashyar Darvich. ~ Editor: Brianna Bemel 236 views |
Back from Exile: Reclaiming Spirituality as My Birthright.by Chris Lemig on Jan 25, 2012 For years I lived in a land of spiritual exile. It was a cold, dark place. In that land I was cut off from the very source of all life and nourishment. I couldn’t breathe there and the gasping was only made worse by my misguided attempts to feed my starving soul with the dark [...] 287 views |
What Keeps Me Going: The Dharma Of Addiction.by Chris Lemig on Dec 20, 2011 “What was it about Buddhism that helped you during that time you were first getting sober?” my sister-in-law asked the other night. I had to take a pause and breathe for a moment. I had to take a trip back to about four years ago when I was out here in San Diego during those [...] 513 views |
Don’t Fear The Reaper: The Descendants Looks Death In The Eyeby Chris Lemig on Dec 13, 2011 From a Buddhist point of view most, if not all, of the fiction we consume in our culture is about samsara. Find the girl (or the boy) of your dreams. Get the money. Kill the bad guy. All of these standard plot lines revolve around motivations that are fueled by the three poisons: ignorance of [...] 153 views |
Buddhism In One Step: Let Go.by Chris Lemig on Dec 5, 2011 I’m having kind of a rough morning. Now by rough I don’t mean that I’m being tortured or imprisoned or forced to do things against my will. I’m just having a hard time with me getting out of the way of me. Here’s the context: I’m cleaning out my apartment, getting ready to go on [...] 254 views |
Video: Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche On Using Panic Attacks For Meditationby Chris Lemig on Nov 30, 2011 We all suffer from painful emotions and negative mental states. From panic attacks to intense dislike and anger, negative emotions can sometimes take over our lives and severely impede our happiness. In this short video Tibetan Buddhist master, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, speaks from his own experience on how to turn these mental states into support [...] 494 views |
Video: Tenzin Palmo Will Blow Your Mindby Chris Lemig on Nov 15, 2011 Tibetan Buddhist Nun, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, on the Nature of Mind: 783 views |
I Love You.by Chris Lemig on Nov 10, 2011 “I love you.” That’s what I have to say to myself in the mirror on a regular basis. It’s a technique for developing self esteem that my last therapist taught me and I think it is a powerful spiritual practice as well. I hated myself for years and years. Internalized homophobia it’s called. It was [...] 1,344 views |
Why You Already Have Everything You’ll Ever Need.by Chris Lemig on Nov 2, 2011 This life is precious. I don’t realize that too often but I’m better at it than I used to be. I used to not think that at all. In fact, just a few years ago when I was still drinking and using, I used to wish this life would just end as quickly as possible. [...] 731 views |
Why The Occupy Wall Street Movement Is Bound To Fail (Or Not)by Chris Lemig on Oct 26, 2011 I’m a Gen Xer. When I was younger I was a little bit jaded. I thought the idealism of the social movements of the 60′s and 70′s had had it’s day. I wanted to “fight the power” but I felt helpless. This was during the first Gulf War, when speaking truth to power simply meant [...] 318 views |
How To Get Through The Darkest Times.by Chris Lemig on Oct 19, 2011 We can’t have any delusions about this. We will have to work at it. And I mean really hard. 549 views |
Photo: Occupy Colorado Springs Represents!by Chris Lemig on Oct 18, 2011 Thank you to all the amazing people who have been standing in solidarity on the corner of Bijou and Tejon for the past two and a half weeks! 67 views |
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Why I Should Love You (And Everybody Else) All The Timeby Chris Lemig on Oct 5, 2011 Cultivating a sense of universal love and compassion is the main objective of all the world’s major religions. It’s not just a Buddhist thing. It’s right there at the core of Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and all the rest. The problem in the world isn’t the lack of this ideal but the difficulty in maintaining [...] 898 views |
Why Michelle Bachmann’s (Possibly) Gay Husband Is My Greatest Teacher.by Chris Lemig on Sep 29, 2011 Someone posted this on Facebook the other day about Michelle Bachmann’s political ambitions: “…one quibble: her husband may be (sic) closeted homosexual…self-loathing homosexual…but he is most certainly NOT GAY. Gay is a mindset and a political position fought for and died for by people who have self-respect. Just because he sucks d**k secretly doesn’t make him [...] 410 views |
How Do You Say “Super-Size Me” En Francais?by Chris Lemig on Sep 28, 2011 Gay McDonald’s ad from the home of French (not freedom) fries: 314 views |
7 Reasons Why All Gay (& Lesbian & Bisexual & Transgender & Queer) People Should Convert to Buddhism. Like, Right Now.by Chris Lemig on Sep 21, 2011 You should just get off your *** and convert right now. 2,393 views |
Get On Your Ass & Meditate Already You Lazy Bastard!by Chris Lemig on Sep 14, 2011 How can we possibly find even five minutes of quiet in the never-ending rush of American life? 1,235 views |
First Steps: Cultivating Self-Esteem on the Spiritual Path.by Chris Lemig on Aug 31, 2011 The thing I want to talk about here is how someone like me (and you) can even begin to take our first tentative steps on a spiritual path. 1,198 views |
Playing With Fire: How Mindfulness & Addiction go Hand in Hand.by Chris Lemig on Aug 30, 2011 He doesn’t really know what I’m talking about. He doesn’t wake up sweating after fitful cocaine dreams so real that he worries he might have relapsed in his sleep. He doesn’t load up dream pipes with big, jagged pieces of crack rock… 1,816 views |
 Everyday Mindfulness: Getting Nowhere With Meditation.by Chris Lemig on Aug 24, 2011 But now, the breath isn’t enough. I am restless, dissatisfied… 887 views |
Everyday Mindfulness: It’s Up To Me.by Chris Lemig on Aug 17, 2011 Humility, kindness, patience, mindfulness all went out the window… 651 views |
Mindfulness & Depression—How Meditation Keeps Me Happy (Almost) Everyday.by Chris Lemig on Aug 10, 2011 Through daily meditation practice, a practice that I continue whether things are good, bad or even if the sky is falling, I’ve been able to see, at least a little bit, how everything is so impermanent. Even depression… 1,641 views |
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