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The Blue Sky of the Mind?

I’m not so sure that this is the great metaphor for mindfulness meditation that people think that it is.

Nov 23, 2024

A blue sky with a snippet of a landscape. Perhaps your brain on meditation?

Nov 23, 2024

The Finger is Not the Moon

(A Disclaimer)

Nov 3, 2024

The Finger is Not the Moon

Nov 3, 2024

Something Worth Remembering

My father has been somewhat bemused by my embrace of Buddhism. We were both raised as very conservative Roman Catholics, essentially by the…

May 21, 2023

Something Worth Remembering

May 21, 2023

How Does One Meditate?

Language is a funny thing. We have words with meanings, but when using one of those words, the subtleties of what I mean and what you…

Jun 28, 2022

How Does One Meditate?

Jun 28, 2022

What Gives You the Right to Judge?

I was recently intrigued by an article that showed up in my feed. Reading it, I found someone who I could honestly relate to.

Jun 24, 2022

Jun 24, 2022

If You Don’t Want Me to Stare at Your Chest, Don’t Wear That Shirt!

Hi there! I’m the guy who received your nasty look at the Charlotte airport. I nearly called you out on your rude attitude, but I realized…

Jun 23, 2022

If You Don’t Want Me to Stare at Your Chest, Don’t Wear That Shirt!

Jun 23, 2022

To See a Roach

Seriously have you ever looked at an American Cockroach?

Jun 22, 2022

To See a Roach

Jun 22, 2022

Is COVID a Brain-Killer?

Edit: Since publishing this story I came across something very similar that is actually MUCH better in terms of the information provided…

Jun 15, 2022

Is COVID a Brain-Killer?

Jun 15, 2022

I am a Nerd… and I LOVE IT!!!

If you encountered me when I was 6 years old and asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have immediately told you, “a…

May 27, 2022

I am a Nerd… and I LOVE IT!!!

May 27, 2022

How Buddhism Saved My Brain

Part 1 of “How Buddhism Saved My Life”

May 27, 2022

How Buddhism Saved My Brain

May 27, 2022

Rick Theiner

Rick Theiner

Research chemist and business owner trying to live a good life while learning many lessons along the way. Sometimes the lessons are memorable enough to share.

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