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Working, Watching & Weeping
My favorite prayer in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer is part of the final service of the day before going to sleep. The prayer is: Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep...
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Listening to Silence
Each summer, at the end of August, I spend some time at New Camaldoli Hermitage and Monastery in Big Sur, California. I am there this week, listening to silence. New Camaldoli has become a second home...
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LinkedIn or Left Out?
I am fairly adept at social networking. I have friends on Facebook, and followers on Twitter. I have boards on Pinterest, and am even on Google+. I have a blog. I even have all those apps on my iPhone...
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Is Siri a Good Spiritual Director?
We are beginning to understand each other, and possibly even work together. I met Siri about a month ago, when my impending birthday gave me an excuse to graduate from an iPhone 3G to an iPhone 5. She...
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Lent Reflection: Focusing on Work and Rest
This year for Lent I am focusing on work and rest. Last year, I focused on fear. Yes, they are connected. I tend to work most of the time. Even now, as I include regular time for silence, for...
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My Companionship
I have many companions on my pilgrimage, but few with which I have direct contact every day. I have known one of my closest companions for only a couple of years, and he plays a central role in almost...
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Focus: Latest Research
I am conducting longitudinal research on the topic of focus, and your cooperation would be very helpful. My methodology is not complicated. First, I walk as often as I can. I take quite few walks in...
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Focusing Our Energy
Maybe it is because I was walking through the campus of CalTech, near the home of the Einstein Papers Project. Physicists and healers, mystics and engineers: everyone tells us that everything is...
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Focused on Control
I rely on my ability to focus. During any given day, I focus my mind on reading, on listening, on writing. I focus effort on getting out of bed in the morning, making sure that the tea is exactly...
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Finding Focus
I have a very persistent focus. People have told me that focus is one of my strengths. When I identify something as important, I can continue to pay attention to it over a long period of time. I can...
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