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Author: David Lowry

  • The Spring Clean

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    All that keeps life from being spacious I’m putting into a box And taking to the curb. Let someone else use it. The hand-me-down furniture that I never wanted, Clothes that don’t fit—especially that old robe, All the old knickknacks and souvenirs from the journey, It’s all got to go. Just give me a sunlit room…

  • Nukunu Larsen on The Dark Night of the Soul

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    Excerpted from the Podcast, Buddha at the Gas Pump #267 I often talk about the three stages of fear. There is the tangible fear–“I’m scared of dogs.” We can see what it is and we’re scared of it. But there is a more neurotic fear–where we have fear of fear! And often this fear is…

  • Stopping the Mind

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    One of the things I’ve always been curious about is how to stop the chatter that’s constantly in my mind. You know, that constant stream of thinking, evaluating, commenting, and back story conversation that’s always going on in the back of the mind? I’ve read many books on the subject and most call this condition “Monkey Mind.” Experts like…

  • Take the Plunge!

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    Today I met a friend who said “Hey I heard that Michael took the plunge!” She was referencing a marriage I had performed the other day between Michael and Lori.  They had been dating for six years and finally decided to tie the knot. Even though most of us thought it was high time they did this–it…

  • True Sooners are not Racist?

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  • Three Administrative Fables

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    Let those who have ears to hear–and eyes to see–listen and read these stories of administrators and learn.  May you have the courage of interpretation! Fable 1: The Rock Once there was a powerful Administrator who served an even more rich and powerful king.  (This Administrator was so powerful that he could command that his title…

  • Comos upon Cosmos

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    The Hubble telescope has transformed the way we humans see the universe. We knew it was large and expensive but none of us perceived the vastness and enormity of it all.  We are learning that there are billions of galaxies along with billions of individual stars within these galaxies.  The matter that makes up all of…

  • Sparks of Illumination

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    The other evening at a lovely lady’s house one of the guest spoke of going to a concert and suddenly getting caught up in the glorious tingling thrill of joy and delight. Her eyes sparkled and she told of it. Everyone could see her tears of reminiscence and knew what a genuine joy she spoke of. Then…

  • The Hierarchy of Idiocy

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    I am going to state the obvious here–but maybe do it in a way that you’ve never thought about before.  What I will do is explain for you in a neat and and tidy way the Hierarchy of Idiocy. We all live in a twilight theater of the absurd–a society of idiocy!  Rules and regulations that make…

  • Helen Castillo is My Hero

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    Okay I’m going to admit something–Project Runway, a show produced by the Lifetime Television Network is one of my guilty pleasures. I’ve been watching it for years.  The formula is rather straightforward.  Every week contestants struggle to create beautiful garments under the stressful conditions of limited time and resources, snarky colleagues, and harsh critiques.  It always stretches…