It was my sophomore year of college, and a friend had just found me in the library and told me he had something private to tell me. He asked me to follow him to a secluded place that he might share in private, and I followed him out of the library, across the lawns that… Continue reading Three practices to increase listening capacity
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Q&A 1: Responses
When a writer opens a blank page, and the words simply begin to flow as a story is born from their imagination, does the source of inspiration reside within the writer, or is it channeled through the energetic soup of the universe? And, what are your favorite exercises to tune the flow of that purest… Continue reading Q&A 1: Responses
Q&A! (Respond by Sunday, August 25th)
Hi, all, I am hosting a Q&A starting at the time of this posting and ending at midnight on Sunday, August 25th. If you would like to participate, please submit a question in writing to jhbauthor@gmail.com by the aforementioned date. Suggested question topics include wisdom and spirituality; art and writing; and relationships and communication, although… Continue reading Q&A! (Respond by Sunday, August 25th)
What it means to bow to the Buddha
A few years ago while reading a foundational text on Buddhism I had the first of two spiritual experiences with respect to the tradition: every new insight I read, it seemed like I was remembering rather than discovering. That is, it felt like I had been a Buddhist before. I asked a psychic about this… Continue reading What it means to bow to the Buddha
Practical applications for teaching and studying literature as a means to understanding self and world
As anyone knows who’s been following this blog, I’ve created a method of teaching and studying literature that helps us to get out of an othering view toward a text’s characters, instead identify with them, and through this process, learn wisdom about ourselves and our lives which we can then put into practice by transforming… Continue reading Practical applications for teaching and studying literature as a means to understanding self and world
Jackson Holzberg Buckley 