Look What My Dad Got Me
I have been carrying this list around…this list of teachers who are helping me understand this Path: Gautam-ji has a cutting wisdom, his understanding of scripture and literature and the way he’s able...
View ArticleThings I Learned — Zimmerman Verdict Weekend
Social and political commentary is not my lane, so this is not the place where you will find meaningful input to that discussion. The purpose of the spiritual practitioner has been made very clear: ....
View ArticleRumi Moment of the Week — When Presence Comes Over Your Soul
This is the last poem I read to Xhoja before she left us last Saturday….I do not know why…maybe because it encapsulates everything Rumi is about: presence, love, dance, emptiness, and Shams. If I had...
View ArticleStories/Parables/Koans: “Sanctuary”
This has quickly become my new favorite koan. I’ve heard it explained by others in several different ways, and I’ve had at least two different takes on it myself. Here’s one: Looking at each...
View ArticleThings I Learned: Stay Woke
On a regular old day in August, John Crawford picked up a toy gun from a shelf in Walmart and proceeded to go lazily about his browsing through the store while talking on the phone. A call was placed...
View ArticleThings I Learned — New Year Same Me
Well Well Well….we have finally reached the year Two-Thousand-Fifteen. The prophesised year of flying hoverboards, flying cars and six years after the declaration of post-racial America. Oh how...
View ArticleRumi Moment of the Week — Always Already
No Room for Form At the heart of non-dual philosophy is the idea that Truth is “always already” present. For it to be true, it must always be so, with no breaks or deadlines or commitments. It must be...
View ArticleStories/Parables/Koans: “Sanctuary”
I got nothing new to say this week so how about some oldies but goodies? Tuesday is story time: This has quickly become my new favorite koan. I’ve heard it explained by others in several different...
View ArticleOne Quote, One Card —“Strength and Growth”
“Strength and growth comes only through continues effort and struggle.” — Napoleon Hill “You express untold truths”Walking Path: PerceptiveSleeping Path: Repressed, subdued “One quote, one card” has...
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