Index — Deborama — Spirituality, Philosophy, the Mind-body

Debra Keefer Ramage

1 min readMay 18, 2021

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Weird World of Deborama — Getting Dark and Philosophical About the Holidays

The title of this article is meant to gently lead you into a dark place. If I had titled it “Dying During the Holidays”…

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Deborama goes deeper

Most of this, the nugget, was a Facebook post*:

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A Know-it-all In Search of Beginner’s Mind, or Zen and the Art of Zen

I have flown to star-stained heights, on bent and battered wings In search of mythical kings, mythical kings Sure that…

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A Know-it-all In Search of Beginner’s Mind, Part 2 — The quest continues

When last I visited this topic, I was hopeful I could continue Zen meditation on my own. I have never been able to…

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Mindfulness Journal — random entry 1–2020/04/28

Thoughts about non-dualism. I’m reminded of that thing you (J, our Zoom meditation facilitator) read us from (Shunryu)…

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Mindfulness Journal — random entry 2 –2020/05/10 Mothers’ Day

Begin journaling thoughts related to or arising from daily practice of mindfulness meditation on Zoom with a small…

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Did Jesus celebrate Hanukkah?

The short answer is yes. The long answer, ah! That is a story rich in incident, with enticing side journeys into such…

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Debra Keefer Ramage

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Grandmother, socialist, dual citizen. Member of Twin Cities DSA since 1986. More: https://linktr.ee/debrakeeferramage

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