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NO PLATONIC LOVE

Tell me no more of minds embracing minds,       And hearts exchang’d for hearts; That spirits spirits meet, as winds do winds,       And mix their subt’lest parts; That two unbodied essences may kiss, And then like Angels, twist and feel one Bliss.

I was that silly thing that once [...]

The real bad guy …

Ever since Vail Daily reporter Randy Wyrick wrote about a pending criminal matter in Eagle County, Colorado, the cycling community – indeed much of the country – has been abuzz with allegations of special treatment being afforded an apparently wealthy defendant.

For those who have not seen it, Wyrick’s story alerted his community to the [...]

Buffett says bailout may cost taxpayer nothing

Buffett Right, U.S. Bank Plan May Cost Nothing

Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush, billionaire Warren Buffett and BlackRock Inc.’s Laurence Fink are “absolutely” right to say a $700 billion U.S. plan to buy assets from financial firms may cost taxpayers nothing even with purchases at above-market prices, a top-rated analyst said.

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Quote of the Day

THE BRIDGE OF COMPASSION

Compassion becomes a bridge to the world outside. Trust and compassion for oneself bring inspiration to dance with life, to communicate with the energies of the world. Lacking this kind of inspiration and openness, the spiritual path becomes the samsaric path of desire. One remains trapped in the desire to improve [...]

Environmental Generosity

“Compassion has nothing to do with achievement at all. It is spacious and very generous. When a person develops real compassion, he or she is uncertain whether he is being generous to others or to himself, because compassion is environmental generosity, without direction, without ‘for me’ and without ‘for them.’ It is filled with joy, [...]

ONE: The Campaign To Make Poverty History

What is The ONE Campaign?

ONE is a new effort by Americans to rally Americans ‘ONE by ONE’ to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. The ONE Campaign is engaging Americans through a diverse coalition of faith-based and anti-poverty organizers to show the steps people can take, ONE by ONE, to [...]