OM Short Bright Night of the Soul 31 Dec 201931 Dec 2019 It's another long dark night of the soul. It's three in the morning and I still haven't slept. There's no dramatic reason for this that I'm aware of. I'm not…
MS… Things to be hopeful about 19 Dec 201919 Dec 2019 I've been seeing a lot of things in the news to be hopeful about. None of them have to do with politics. (Well, okay, one of them does, but not…
MS… Right Effort: Gratitude 18 Nov 201918 Nov 2019 I've heard for years that I should cultivate an attitude of gratitude. Gratitude will supposedly: lead to a longer, healthier life; ease stress; improve all my relationships, especially my relationship…
Sermon The Devaduta Kingdoms 9 Oct 201921 Oct 2019 Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick.…
Sermon Altered States Part II: Prayer 15 Sep 201915 Sep 2019 I’d thought I could discuss ecstatic or altered states in one post. Then I remembered…well, “remembered” is the wrong word. More correctly, I experienced a sucker punch to the head:…
OM Sitting Together 22 Jul 201922 Jul 2019 Yet again, I'm in a strange headspace, so bear with me... And if you are claustro or in any way triggered by the description of being enclosed in an MRI,…
MS… Right Action: i.e., WTH am I doing here? 28 Jun 201929 Jun 2019 There are moments that I just stop. I don't mean physically. I'm talking about moments that the contents of my brain and heart go on pause, and I catch myself…
MS… The Phantom Fourth 7 Jun 20197 Jun 2019 I'm about to test in taekwondo again, another in a long line of tests to (in theory) get me to my first degree black belt. I've already got the belt…
OM Right Speech: Learning Instead of Losing 4 Apr 20194 Apr 2019 In Buddhism, there is what's called the Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Aspiration, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. The theory is,…
Sermon Fred the Head, and Green Lantern 2 Mar 20192 Mar 2019 Tallahassee, Florida--Doak Campbell Stadium--1990 I'm at my first college football game. I should feel ecstatic. After all, I'm doing my first really crazy thing as a freshman in college, something…
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