Author: Anjuelle Floyd
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Protected: Of The Military Industrial Complex, Sarah Palin, and Unconditional Love…
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Of Relationships, Dharma and That Mirror of Mirrors Which Sits At Our Core…
The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. … In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody, and if we do not embody that, life is wasted. … In our relationships to other men,…
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Of Mothers, Daughters and the Wounds That Shape Us…
Injury to the mother-daughter relationship rents a profound wound, and gives rise to serious strain between both daughters and mothers. Does my mother love me? Why does my daughter hate me so much? Why doesn’t she love me? A question often asked by both daughter and mother. And for the daughter, “I mama doesn’t love…
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Of Vipassana, The Trauma of Birth, and Swords of Healing…
Buddhist teacher and vipassana meditation teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, once said, “To bring about peace we [human individuals] must learn to live with peace.” Agamemnon, brother of Menelaus and wife of Clytemnestra, declares in Homer’s Iliad, “Peace is for the women, and the weak. Empires are forged by war.” While Clytemnestra’s role is unclear in…
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Protected: Of Apologies, Sincerity and Saying What We Actually Mean…
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Of Mark Halperin, Narcissism and The Words We Use…
What happens when what you say or how you say your words takes listeners’ attentions away from the point you are trying to make? Recently on Morning Joe of MSNBC when asked of his opinion concerning President Obama’s response to the GOP not backing down on opposition to higher taxes , Time Magazine’s Editor-at-Large, Mark…
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Of Books, Tension, and The Mind on the Page…
Presently I am reading Anuradha Roy’s novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing . As with any good novel, interactions between the main characters are strained. Tension abounds, but not in a melodramatic way. The story moves with a nice speed for an opening. I look forward each evening–a hallmark that I have found a jewel…