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Category: should

June 19, 2012 hope / should / utopia

What would a ‘should’-free world look like?

In all this discussion of ‘should’ I am sure there are those who are concerned aboutwhat a should-free world look

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June 10, 2012 experiential exercise / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / inner exploration / procrastination / should

Why do we procrastinate?

Noticing the word ‘should’ when it shows up in our thoughts gives us creative opportunity for exploration. We hear the

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June 5, 2012 children / parenting / should

Should-free Parenting

We have been discussing how the word ‘should’ and its fellow scolders like ‘must’ and ‘ought’ crop up repeatedly in

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May 29, 2012 http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / people pleasing / should / tree analogy

Shallow Rooted ‘Should’ – our exploration continues

I have used this image of the tree and its roots system sinking deep into the nourishing soil to discuss

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May 20, 2012 connection / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / inner exploration / should

A meditation on the uselessness of ‘should’

I once said to my mother ‘I feel sad.’ She said, ‘Well, you shouldn’t.’‘Should.’ It’s a real buzz-kill. It lops

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November 23, 2011 gratitude / middle way / should

Gratitude – a gift, not an instruction

Thursday morning my dharma talk was about gratitude. All week I had been noodling around about the concept of gratitude.

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Stephanie Noble, author of 'Asking In, Six Empowering Questions Only You Can Answer', has been teaching insight meditation since 2004, and sharing her dharma posts since 2007. She serves as a board member of the Buddhist Insight Network. She is currently teaching her Thursday morning Marin Insight women's class on Zoom. Contact for an invitation.

“Stephanie is an experienced Buddhist teacher with a deep practice and a very kind heart. My meditation group is fortunate to receive the benefits of her presence and teaching.”
– Rick Hanson, PhD., N.Y. Times bestselling author of Buddha’s Brain, Hardwiring Happiness, and other books

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