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Tag: doubt

Featured Poetry

Diana Button – At the Watering Hole

August 17, 2025August 16, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Unity and connection are the revelations inherent in "At the Watering Hole", a poem by spiritual poet Diana Button.

Tagged Buddhism, connection, doubt, illusion, inclusion, oneness, Poem, poet, Poetry, Self, self-doubt, UnityLeave a comment
Norma Wong
Book Bits

The Leap: Norma Wong on Leaving the Safety of What We Know

December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Vanessa Able

Norma Wong's rousing call to courage is not the absence of fear, but "what we are about in the face of fear and doubt."

Tagged act, aim, Courage, doubt, hawaii, jump, spiritual activism, unknown, WisdomLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Jo Matthews – And what about prayers

February 11, 2024February 8, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

In her powerful three-part poem "And what about prayers", poet Jo Matthews explores the potential and constraints of prayer and faith.

Tagged doubt, faith, God, healing, holiness, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, prayers, praying, religion, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Christie Gardiner – Faith, perhaps

December 17, 2023December 14, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

In Christie Gardiner's "Faith, perhaps", she shines the yellow-green glow of fireflies on the struggle to retain holiness in one's life.

Tagged battle, doubt, faith, God, holiness, Poem, poet, Poetry, sacredness, Spirituality, war1 Comment
Olivia Sudjic
Book Bits

A ‘Difficult’ Disease

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Vanessa Able

After releasing her debut novel, Olivia Sudjic found herself coming under intense scrutiny as a writer, an episode that contributed to her falling into a spiral of anxiety and self-doubt.

Tagged alienation, Anxiety, doubt, exposure, invalidation, self-doubt, WritingLeave a comment
Boshan
Book Bits, Chinese Texts

Boshan and Fostering Great Doubt

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Vanessa Able

Doubt is a key incentive of the spiritual journey, and, as per the old adage 'Great doubt, great awakening', it is foundational to the enquiry of Zen.

Tagged Chinese Zen, doubt, faith, intellect, Meditation, supression, truthLeave a comment

TOP POSTS

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  • Wendell Berry - Do Not Be Ashamed
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- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
  • Ray Bradbury
    Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
    Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice


- POETRY-

  • Riley Danvers – [Soma]tic
    Oregon poet Riley Danvers reveals what it means to be human in a painful state of flux in her avant-garde [Soma]tic.
  • Phach Huynh – Traces
    Ho Chi Minh City poet Phach Huynh reveals all the stories and presences which are held in the lonely silences with his masterful "Traces".
  • A Year of Kō: 14th Sekki
    14th Sekki poems by MADISON WILLIAMS, SHAOMEI YU and ELLIOT DIAMOND
  • Halina Goldstein – How to Play the Gong
    Spiritual teacher and poet Halina Goldstein unfolds a rhythm of vibrancy, glory, and emptiness with her poem "How to Play the Gong".
  • A Year of Kō: 13th Sekki
    13th Sekki poems by BENJAMIN TANNER LLOYD, SHAOMEI YU and ELLIOT DIAMOND
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