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Addiction

Addiction
"Outside of meditation, I find it hard not to identify with my body and thoughts”.  “I just stopped drinking alcohol and find the initial compulsion/ addiction so strong.. yet when I persevere, I find that this addiction is an attempt to cover over Pain". It’s been quite a while since our last recap. I have…
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Year of the Rooster Annual Dinner, Welcome Speech

Year of the Rooster Annual Dinner, Welcome Speech
The Taoist and Buddhist Meditation Centre is a non-profit organization operating as the Tai Chi and Meditation Centre, since Tai Chi and Meditation form our core practice. Together, the ancient eastern wisdom practices of Vipassana meditation of Buddhist origin, and the Taoist martial and healing arts of Taijiquan, Baguazhang, Xingyiquan and Qigong, are a harmonized…
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Can we live without Belief?

Can we live without Belief?
The Content of Belief comes in many forms - religion, politics, health, diet, parenting and more.  However, the Process of belief is always the same - We “buy in”, identify and then protect that belief as “Right”, since it becomes part of what we think of as “I”. The Process of Belief is powerful and…
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“Let the Tao be present in your life and you will become genuine”

“Let the Tao be present in your life and you will become genuine”
From Chapter 54 of Tao Te Ching (Lao-tzu) Jamie Magnusson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Adult Education & Community Development OISE, University of Toronto I am a professor in the Adult Education and Community Development graduate program at the University of Toronto, teaching in a stream we refer to as “Community Development and Social Justice”. Since…
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