Inhabiting The Body
To live within the body is to be in contact with the internal space of the body. To inhabit our hands, for example, means that we are in...
What Is Mu?
“What is mu?” By contemplating such zen koans, students sometimes have deep existential insights, and it was this question...
I No Longer Pray
I no longer pray— now I drink dark chocolate and let the moon sing to me. I no longer pray— I let my...
Our Early Experiences
My mother had muscular dystrophy, which is a degenerative disease of the muscles. It’s hereditary, runs in our family. And so, she...
Yodeling Above Freedom
There is a thrushing light alive - dancing and whirling; concealed by midlife shadows in my antsy eyes. My snow-shining mountainous...
We Are Contextual Beings
Here is one of my central inquiries: If our spiritual and religious practices are not expanding our circle of empathy, compassion, love...
In Hardship, Choose Bewilderment Over Cleverness
In grappling with degenerative autoimmune disease, I often wished for a speedy redemption, for something meaningful to come out of my...
The Great Divide
The great divide: On the left there is business It loves to think and problem solve Move fast and talk with resolve Perform so hard...
The Eagle And The Chicken
A fable is told about an eagle that thought he was a chicken. When the eagle was very small, he fell from the safety of his nest. A...
Sacred Vs. Survival Language
Avidya is the defining of a self which is not the self; with happiness in what is actually suffering; with purity in what is really...
The False Self From Childhood
I ran across a developmental psychology theory not long ago that I’ve had bouncing around in the back of my head ever since. It...
Listening Is A Great Art
You know, listening is a great art. It is one of the great arts we have not cultivated: to listen completely to another. When you listen...