Author Archives: Travis


Field Report: Day 3

August 21, 2008 – 3:22 pm

My first intentional gift this morning was to pay for the bagel, and beverage the girl in front of me in line at my workday morning coffee shop had in her hands. I explained her that I was on a 29 day gift giving challenge, and could I pay for her items. She looked at […]

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The Practice Of Giving

August 19, 2008 – 11:15 am

Came across a remarkable article today, Giving Something Each Day May Keep the Doctor Away.  The piece is about the origins of the website (and challenge), 29gifts.org.  It’s a noble effort and a good reminder of what’s important in life, especially in this age of Consumerism.  Check it out, I think it will put a […]

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Why I Love Jewish Mysticism

August 13, 2008 – 4:20 pm

Just one example of many, this quote is from an article by Rabbi David Cooper from an article in Parabola magazine.
Many of these teachings, nonetheless, were revealed publicly in the Zohar, the Book of Splendor, published around 1300 C.E. The Zohar teaches for all to see that the initial Hebrew words of the Bible, Bereshit […]

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Silly Buddha Causing Problems Again

August 7, 2008 – 11:23 am

You have to love the British!  There’s a big ta-do over an offensive depiction of the Buddha in a Norwich gallery, which you can read about here.
Whether you think the piece is offensive or not, I find it more telling that the complaints were about the Buddha with a fruity phallus, and not the, “Christ […]

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A Shout Out For A Great Effort

August 5, 2008 – 4:21 am

Do yourself a favor and check out this video.  It’s about the Public Meditation Project started by Alexander Cequea Fuentes.  It inspired me to start an extra daily meditation session of 15 minutes (in addition to my daily morning session of 30) in the break room at work.  For me, this type of down home, […]

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