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Teaching possibilities: transformations that change the world

July 31, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Mother and daughter learning together

What happens between teacher and student, as well as between parent and child, between intimates and colleagues, at its best involves changes that bring “more enlightened living in the world.”

Filed Under: Teaching Tagged With: AmWriting, enlightenment, George Saunders, spirituality

In the between of who we are: contemplating the bardo

July 17, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

A young robin dances on a fallen headstone

The moment of “between,” that instant of bardo in dreaming, in meditating, and in the pause between every breath, quivers with ambiguity. In the bardo between people awaits a double potential.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: afterlife, bardo, between, Buddhism, comparison, George Saunders, Lincoln, Walt Whitman

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I write about religion and tourism, especially in regard to national parks. I am currently working on a history of religion in Yellowstone National Park. Read More…

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