Zen Psychiatry
By Elana Miller, MD
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by …
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I've been thinking a lot about the quote that started my last post about seeing everyone as your Buddha. I loved it so much I wanted to talk about it again here: "Only as a [spiritual] warrior can …
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"Only as a [spiritual] warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. …
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When we see someone who is successful, or who has achieved something we want to achieve, we usually only pay attention to what happened after the tipping point. We mistake success for being easy …
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A patient came into the Emergency Room the other day in congestive heart failure. Because her heart was weak, fluid was backing up into her lungs, making it difficult to breathe. It came up in our …
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There's a new movement in town. Instead of amassing stuff for stuff's sake, people are realizing that less is more. All over the blogosphere (yes, I like to use words like "blogosphere" in casual …
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