Maher’s Mark

Bill Maher speaks of his newly released film, Religulous: I don’t use the word “atheist” about myself, because I think it mirrors the certitude I’m so opposed to in religion. What I say in the film is that I don’t know. I don’t know...

Born Again Buddhists?

Barbara O’Brien, over at About.com takes on an interesting practice that is summarily given a pass by many Western practitioners: Buddhist temple in Thailand is offering instant rebirth, for a fee. People line up every day to climb into big, pink coffins. Monks...

Beyond the Future

In a recent blog post by Andrew Cohen, he rightly asserts a point so often misappropriated in alternative spiritual circles: Consciousness doesn’t exist or work in mysterious ways outside of or away from the innermost depths of our individual and collective selves. In...

Palin’s Shadow

Deepak Chopra compares Sarah Palin to the shadow of Barak Obama in a recent commentary: Palin’s pluck has been admired, and her forthrightness, but her real appeal goes deeper. She is the reverse of Barack Obama, in essence his shadow, deriding his idealism and...

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