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Fragments of Reality

I’m inside a spaceship, surrounded by astronauts floating in the sterile, meticulously organized interior of the craft. Their clothing clean and white, the space filled with the hum of technology—wires, Velcro straps securing everything in place. I was one with them, secure, snug in a sense of order. As I turned, I noticed colorful, asteroid-like […]

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Online Academy Scholarships

Coming Soon: Scholarships for our Online Academy Courses! At this time when the value of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B) is being questioned, and many organizations and individuals face limited resources for racial awareness training, we’re excited to announce that thanks to a generous grant, the Mindful of Race Institute will be offering significant

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Nothing is Personal, Permanent or Perfect!

Nothing in life is Personal, Permanent, or Perfect! Liberative insight is the core practice of insight (Vipassana) meditation, or mindfulness meditation. The distinction of insight meditation from other forms of meditation is that we’re investigating the nature of our existence, of phenomenon, and of our activity of mind, in order to liberate ourselves from suffering. 

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Why Genocide

Why I said Genocide & How we move forward together. Dear friends, I deeply appreciate the comments I have received from my last blog post, those of you who felt affirmed and particularly those of you who questioned my use of the term genocide. To engage in a semantic debate on the use of the

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Stop The Genocide!

There is a genocide occurring of innocent people in Gaza, not to mention in many parts of the world. Have you noticed? Can you feel it? Then what?  What’s happening in Gaza is horrific and, sadly, not new nor is it uncommon to see greed, hatred, and delusion manifest at a raw and vile extreme

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Beyond Black History Month: Navigating the Complexities of Racial Awareness

In a society grappling with fever-pitch social violence, political hostility, and systemic threats to equality, it’s not uncommon for individuals to harbor mixed feelings about Black History Month. The discomfort arises from a sense of hypocrisy – a dissonance between the month-long celebration and the pervasive issues that persist before and beyond February.  While the

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The Contagion of Kindness

On a two-week visit to Italy, my wife and I spent a day on Piazza San Marco, often referred to as St. Mark’s Square in Venice. We had just missed the boat to our hotel, and we had 45 minutes before the next one. So we backtracked to an outside café on the Square that

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