Yoga Sutras Exchanges with Yael

Concentration, meditation, and pure contemplation focused on a single object constitute perfect discipline. 3.4—Barbara Stoler Miller, translation of Yoga Sutras Notes/Connections 1.Ekāgratā, noun, Sanskrit.  One-pointedness, doing only one thing at a time, concentrating upon a…

Dear Isabel (Letter/7)

Friday 26 June 2015 Dear Isabel Happy Friday, you’ve finished one week at the new job. Page 8, top paragraph  I take back what I said yesterday about boycotting the word “solidarity.”  That first sentence…

Dear Isabel (Letter/5)

Wednesday 24 June 2015 Dear Isabel Page 5 Ah, claridad in El Salvador, because it is (seems?) so black and white.  Your description of what living there, amidst violence, gives you is powerful; e.g., “vulnerability is…

Dear Isabel (Letter/2)

Sunday 21 June 2015 Dear Isabel Page 2, paragraph 1 About your “fear of rejection”:  Do you have a “fear of attraction” as well?  I wonder how many people fell in love with you in…

Because We Say So

Dear Kelley, I’m delighted that you inquired about where to start with reading Noam Chomsky. I look forward to discussing Hegemony or Survival with you in a  couple  of weeks. Back in 1986—those horrid years…