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Question #1:

Daphne,
I am a 47yr old aerospace engineer for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in search of life in the universe by day and a human being in search of his place in the universe by night. I recently read some material you authored and it resonated with me - your relationships, hard work, and spiritual adventure - so much life you are living and learning from. I just wanted to tell you that I am going to check out Ms. Salzberg's website to try to add more sauce to my own journey - thanks for sharing yours - it is making a difference. As I tell my colleagues at JPL, the final frontier is not outer space, it's inner space (this always gets them annoyed!). Keep searching your inner frontier!!

A fellow adventurer,
Mark


Hi Mark,
Not sure if you knew that there are more scientist meditation retreats going on now. I sat one, which was similar to other retreats I've sat, but the questions during question periods were very analytical, they made my head hurt! My father was a professor of critical thinking and a course called 'skepticism and rationality', his long time friend is a rocket scientist with NASA, but he is interested in some of the things I've shared with him.

I met a monk in India a couple years ago who's guided many people though processes of inner transformation. I told him my father would say all my "spiritual experiences" are chemicals in my brain. The monk said, "He's right. You're father is a smart man." But that does not diminish the profound emotional reaction I had or change the insight I had. They can live together side by side.

I asked Sharon for info that might be of interest to you, she sent me this: http://www.mindfulexperience.org/

Also, check out the Harvard study about how meditation creates cortical thickness ie; brain size! Tell that to your smart pant rocket scientist:)

Thank you very much for writing, I wish you great courage, and happiness in your inner delving!

Daphne

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Question #2:

Daphne,
Where is your inner path page located. I'm interested in the books and cd's you recommended.

Thank you,
Kim


Dear Kim,
You got it. I will have these posted asap! I also was thinking about writing a column here about my thoughts and experiences. I have never really done that because it is a personal aspect of my life. But I am more than willing to share, because I believe that as we all look at ourselves and work on our inner paths things get better for us and everyone. It will be up in a day or so!

Thanks for writing and asking for it!
Daphne

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Question #3:

Hello, Daphne!
How are you? How is your family? My name is Yelena, i`am from Russia, from Moscow. Nice to meet you and glad to see you.

I like you very much. I want to ask you, please. Do you speak Spanish lenguage? How do you conserve your latinamerican ... raices? Excuse me for my bad English. I speak Spanish(advanced) Thank you for all! Good luck! From Russia with love! Kiss you, miss you!

Yelena.


Hi Yelena,
I have a friend with the same name! Afraid to say, I don't speak that much spanish, but I did take it in high school, and a few years ago. And when I was young I picked it up on my visits to central america. I understand more than i can speak. That's great you speak it so well! I plan to visit central america soon, we will see how much I have remembered!

Thanks for writing,
Daphne