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  This week’s post is not written by me. It is written by Thinley Wangmo Lama . It is going into my new   book anyway. If you want to enjoy a renewed faith in humanity, check out this project and its very special administrator. Most of what we hear these days is about what is going wrong in the world. Here is proof that there are things going right. Asian women’s health, rights, equality, and an increased respect within their culture are all being addressed by this effort. A new phase of the project, women’s literacy training, is about to join the health effort. The men in these locations can already read and write. The women very much want to read and write but have not been given the opportunity to learn — until now. That fact alone sums up the pervasive problems. The following article sums up the solution. If you have already helped, bless you. If you want to help, whether by financial contribution or whatever other offering, the address is within the post. Also, feel free ...

  Hi! I hope you are happy and healthy, and that things are going well in your world. Life is lovely in Pokhara, Nepal but there is really nothing happening here to add to a book or report to friends about. I’m waiting for a few physical things to heal well enough for me to get to new places so I can tell you about them. Meanwhile, I’m going to do a weird post. It may not seem weird to you, but it does to me. Very few people   in the world who are still alive have ever done as large a volume of intensely stupid things as I have done. I’m smarter now than I used to be but still very far from being the brightest bulb in the fixture. Much of life is spent smoking things and staring into space for hours at a time. I have watched a lot of smart people’s videos, and gone to many Lama teachings and wise-folk lectures. Hopefully some of those ideas stayed in my head, but basically I’m an average stoner. Nonetheless, for some baffling reason, young people have recently been asking me d...