by Infinite Smile | Nov 18, 2010 | Blog
Several years prior to any formal spiritual practice, I was walking through New York Citys East Village one night during a particularly cold March rain. I was a starving artist on my way home from an evening of waiting tables, and I was experiencing great difficulty...
by Infinite Smile | Mar 6, 2009 | Blog, Video
Clinging begets fear which begets more clinging; a nightmarish feedback-loop for so much of humanity. Here’s a hilarious example of Stephen Colbert “gently” pointing out Glenn Beck’s attachments surrounding potential future outcomes. All Hail...
by Infinite Smile | Dec 19, 2008 | Blog
Mary Midgley over at the Guardian suggests that we quit seeing ourselves as God, thereby reversing the trends that accompany this mindset: If we ask, then, what religious change is most urgently needed today, the best answer surely is that we should debunk and explode...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 18, 2008 | Blog
In Karen Armstrong’s recent post, Calling All Religions to Compassion, she rightly brings up some key points of integration for traditions: Compassion is indeed central to every one of the major world religions — but sometimes you would never know it....
