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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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UNSOCIAL MEDIA: A story by Carl Scharwath

Contributor·June 17, 2012
The rear-view mirror held a nighttime fireworks display. A blast of red followed by two white-hot flashes ensured a traffic ticket and photo in six weeks. William, in haste and late to his first date with Cindy, was sending a text and rushed through a red light. Time wouldn’t be kind tonight; however, the evening had embraced a kismet, and still afforded new opportunities.
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TIME TRAP: Free your mind from the linear progression of time

Contributing Writer·April 27, 2012
"Have you learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?...That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the...
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MY LOVER’S LOVE: Love yourself as you would your Creator

Contributing Writer·March 6, 2012
Perhaps the single most wonderful experience, which this lifetime can afford us, is the opportunity to fall in Love...
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POEMS by MAX REIF

Max Reif·November 18, 2011
(.........aug26) The River of Ordinary Moments Because living is a river of...
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ALBERTA: Politics and Preconceptions

Kiva Bottero·October 19, 2010
I got a late start on the day, arriving at Fernie’s eastern edge at 1PM. The combination of bad timing and location proved to be an issue as it took me about four hours to get my first ride...
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TIMELESSNESS: Meditating with the Buddha in the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya

Kiva Bottero·March 14, 2008
After spending the summer living and working at the Shambhala Mountain Center I didn’t get a chance to return for three months after I left. Quite longer than I...
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