Author Archives: Nancy Deville

METTA, SELF-CRITICISM, AND REVELATIONS

By Nancy Deville | Published: January 7, 2010
My six weeks of travel ended with a nine-day (Dec. 28-Jan. 6) silent Buddhist meditation retreat at the Insight Mediation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. My retreat got off to a slow start. I had only a day and a half at home after weeks of absence and scheduled myself too tightly. My last appointment—which was [...]
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HAVING YOUR EYELASHES DYED CAN BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR CONSCIENCE

By Nancy Deville | Published: January 6, 2010
You really can’t go through a single day without being aware of the fact that many of us are privileged and pampered and sheltered in the United States. It kind of boggles the mind when you allow yourself to think about how much you have while others are suffering.
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HENNA TATTOOS

By Nancy Deville | Published: January 3, 2010
Henna is not exclusive to women. If you travel in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India you’ll see gray haired men who have died their beards with henna (not sexy….).
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KARMA IS NOT BLAMING THE VICTIM

By Nancy Deville | Published: January 2, 2010
Even with all the writing about love and acceptance people end up still relating to “karma” as cause and effect, i.e. “something you did caused this bad thing to happen to you”. I have even heard Western alternative doctors and philosophers espouse the theory that people are causing their own illnesses!
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO STOP SUFFERING?

By Nancy Deville | Published: January 1, 2010
I have read many books on Buddhism, but it wasn’t until I read Dr. Germer’s book that I felt I had a grasp of how to meditate.
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