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(W)rite-ing On...: Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
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There is Life After the Thesis. Sunday, April 10, 2011. Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing. Traditionally, prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The flags do not carry prayers to gods, a common misconception; rather, the Tibetans believe the prayers and mantras will be blown by the wind to spread the good will and compassion into all pervading space. Therefore, prayer flags are thought to bring benefit to all. Of them today, Sunday, post rain). Rites of a Thesis.
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(W)rite-ing On...: March 2010
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There is Life After the Thesis. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to your body, the body active and alive. The last place is where I was the past two evenings: at Passover seders. I am blessed with the good fortune of having met and befriended thoughtful, loving, mirthful friends since I moved to Arizona almost two years ago. I am grateful that a few of them have been Jews, with whom I can share a seder table with. Be a part of. The pr...
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(W)rite-ing On...: May 2010
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There is Life After the Thesis. Sunday, May 16, 2010. The Journey, the Wait, and the Weight Lifted. It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. Ursula K. LeGuin. I completed my thesis. I wrote the last sentence to the last chapter on Thursday evening, May 13 at 9:25 PM. I FINISHED MY THESIS! I am joking, of course, as both my mother and father have been my biggest supporters throughout this entire process). However,. The last few weeks have been grueling.
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(W)rite-ing On...: January 2011
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There is Life After the Thesis. Sunday, January 2, 2011. Run, Walk, Hiccough - Just Move (or Twitch): It's the Mudivator! Universe, forgive me, for I have no wind.It has been 75 days since my last blog post. Do you see this photo? That's me, being eaten alive by the Mudivator. Have you heard of the Mudivator? All the while eating Twizzlers and Junior Mints - candy that you don't even like. But it's. And you must indulge - in both the t.v. and the confections. And do you know why? You have to believe ther...
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(W)rite-ing On...: March 2011
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There is Life After the Thesis. Sunday, March 6, 2011. Mindfulness: Understanding and Acceptance. That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. It is the ordinary state of affairs. Everything is in process. Everything—every tree, every blade of grass, all the animals, insects, human beings, buildings, the animate and the inanimate—is always changing, moment to moment. The Mystical Arts of Tibet: Sacred Music and Sacred Dance for World Healing.
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(W)rite-ing On...: August 2010
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There is Life After the Thesis. Saturday, August 21, 2010. Coming From Where I Am, Meeting People Where They Are. A dandelion never apologizes for itself. Am I in "flow" now? Hmmmsomewhat. In some ways, I believe I am allowing myself to. So here I am: feeling generous of spirit, wanting to joyfully exert myself, being more patient than usual (but still wanting it all "now" and "my way," don'tcha know), being semi-disciplined (sitting meditation, yes, everything else: here and there), and yet feeling leth...
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(W)rite-ing On...: April 2010
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There is Life After the Thesis. Sunday, April 18, 2010. Analysis and Charting and Organizing - Oh, My! Other teacher data (top: classroom practices; below: personal practices). Top - In-class rituals charted by how often they are used as well as which "Need" they feed. Bottom - Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" pyramid and key. Rites of a Thesis. Wednesday, April 14, 2010. I feel a bit more centered with the direction my thesis is moving in. There is definitely more clarity. I tweaked the title a bit...Ritua...
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(W)rite-ing On...: October 2010
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There is Life After the Thesis. Sunday, October 17, 2010. Stopping to Smell the Oatmeal. This food is a gift of the earth, the sky, numerous living beings and much hard work. May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive it. May we recognize and transform our unwholesome mental formations, especially our greed, and learn to eat with moderation. Eating Meditation, Deerpark Monastery. I tasted the sweetness of the oatmeal and banana. My teeth and tongue felt the softness of th...
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(W)rite-ing On...: May 2011
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There is Life After the Thesis. Sunday, May 22, 2011. I'd Like to Think I am Choosing the Road Less Taken. There are only two things you"have to" do in life. You "have to" die and you "have to" live until you die. You make up the rest. But what kind of bike should I get? So last week I got a bug up my butt to buy a bike. A new bike. Decision number one. Tempe Bicycles. Foot brakes or hand brakes? Three-speeds or no-speeds became my next criteria. I decided on foot brakes (I am not sure why, excatly, ...
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(W)rite-ing On...: June 2010
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There is Life After the Thesis. Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Thesis written and edited. Written some more and edited some more. Page numbers inserted (after hitting my head against the wall for an hour and a half) as best as I possibly could insert them. The Thesis, in its entirety, emailed to Thesis Instructor and Thesis Advisor by 10:00 am on the due date of June 1, 2010. Let all that be noted. For posterity or for whatever. Just let it be noted. But for now, I'm done. Rites of a Thesis. The Law of attraction.
