Landing in a hospital bed for a week because of a failing digestive organ got me to thinking a lot about my dietary habits. This is not new for me, though. For the last several years I have yo-yo’d between dropping the junk food in favor of more healthy fare, and bounced right back to eating cheese puffs for breakfast. Continue reading “Who’s in Charge Here Anyway?” »

The second of the Four Noble Truths says that craving and attachment are the causes of suffering. This is easy to see when we look at hardcore addictions like smoking, alcoholism, and other drug addictions, as those substances tend to have an ill affects on the mind and the health. But it’s harder to see how craving creates suffering in the things that bring us pleasure  and don’t interfere with walking a straight line. Continue reading “Curbing Cravings” »