A Tear On My Cheek Do you have a memory that you turn over and over and over in your mind wondering what might have happened if you could go back and do it differently? Do you ponder what might have happened if you could have listened to the tug of your heart rather...
Here’s a question: What if the way to have great sex and the way to have a good life followed the same principle? While I am no Tantric Sex guru I have read and studied and trained enough to know that basically the kama-sutra-all-night-long-bliss-fest all boils down...
One dervish to another, What was your vision of God’s presence? I haven’t seen anything, but for the sake of conversation, I will tell you a story. The presence is there in front of me. A fire on the left, a lovely stream on the right. One group walks...
Spiritual Practice I have spent years of my life and many thousands of dollars on retreats and workshops in the hopes of finding the rare and elusive key to well-being. I didn’t find it there. It turns out that the key was hidden in plain sight and it looks like...
Sometimes life seems impossibly tender. It seems easy to forget how vulnerable I am and then suddenly there it is. A flood of sadness or fear or shame and, for a moment I forget if I know how to swim. Thrashing about is exhausting. I did that for years. As if my...
I am Donald Trump. As a self-identified “progressive” and “conscious” human being I fervently imagine and proclaim my desire for the economy and political system to become more enlightened. My Facebook friends and I all bemoan the inexorable waves of injustice and...
