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Liz checked the rear view in the full-length mirror while she adjusted her skintight, blue, spandex dress. “Do you think this dress is too short?” she asked. Zoe glanced at Liz and replied, “Honey, that dress is so short I can see your IUD.” “Not if I keep my legs together, Liz replied. “Honey, you haven’t kept your legs together since you were twelve. Why start now?” Zoe shot back. Liz scrunched her nose and asked, “Why are you being so mean to me?” “You’re not on the streets anymore. Agencies like higher caliber, classy women,” said Zoe, a veteran of the agency that Liz recently joined. “So? I can do that,” replied Liz. Liz’s cell phone rang and she picked it up after glancing at the caller ID. “Hello Steve” “Liz, I have a job for you this weekend. We have a wealthy client coming in town tonight. He’s the CEO of a multibillion-dollar company. All our classy high-end types are booked for this weekend. We do not want to lose this client and there are a lot of othe...

The cabin looked very sparse. That was fine thought Shane Sheldrake. After all, he had come to the Himalayas for a weeklong silent meditation retreat and there should be as few distractions as possible. No cell phones, radios, TVs, or any other creature comforts from home. The point was to spend the week in solitude and meditate. He would speak only in an emergency and eat as little as possible and drink only tea. He stretched out on the hard bed and looked out the tiny window to the left. The scenery was dominated by a picturesque, snowcapped mountain in the foreground. He was immediately taken by the thought of climbing it and meditating at the top. He would have a beautiful view of the valley below now lush with grass in the midst of Spring. The next morning, at the crack of dawn, Shane set out with only a light jacket, a bottle of water, and two power bars. It was a mild day and he would be back in time for dinner he figured. No need to be burdened down with anything ...

The usual group of students congregated in the front of the classroom. Professor Martinez’s philosophy class always ended with a spirited discussion after the formal end of class at 2 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Ted decided to go back to college in his 50’s just for such intellectual nourishment. He didn’t have to worry about picking a practical major to earn a living like most students on campus. He was particularly drawn to subjects like philosophy that explored the big ideas of life. Professor Martinez stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand. “I can best illustrate three theological positions with a series of circles,” she said as she drew two circles on the blackboard. “In this traditional Judeo-Christian view man and God are separate beings. The pantheistic view can be represented this way,” she continued as she drew a single circle. “Man, nature, and God are all part of the same thing. Next comes the view known as panentheism which can be represented this way,” sh...