The Slow Fix
This isn’t the Sudden Enlightenment School By a long shot It’s the Show-up-Each-Day- Sit-Down-and-Shut-up-School It’s meditating morning and night Then gathas throughout the day It’s tending to the garden of the mind And smiling to…
Tag: Mohandas Gandhi
To Convert the Whole World
Napoleon is said to have described the English as a nation of shopkeepers. It is a fitting description. They hold whatever dominions they have for the sake of their commerce. Their army and their navy…
Ripples of Influence
All living beings are members one of another so that a person’s every act has a beneficial or harmful influence on the whole world. We cannot see this, near-sighted as we are. The influence of…
“Yoga Shmoga”
Dear Alberto Vazquez I’m glad Bella put us in touch. You asked me if you should you stay Or you should go back out on the road. OK. Here’s what I think… Stay put. Look within,…
Rant/1 (Welcome to Palestine/2)
From an internet cafe Somewhere on the outskirts of Ramallah 80 degrees and sunny outside Dear Layla So in your last email (Which I’ve read four times as of this morning) You wanted to know…
Bhagavad Gita Reading Group: The Way of Love
Chapter 12 Monday 26 August 6312 W. Park Avenue 6:30-8:00 p.m. Meditation 20 m. Recitation Chapter 12 5 m. Reflections Eknath Easwaran’s commentary on chapter 12: “Every time we withdraw our desires from some self-centered…
Latin America Reading Group: Galeano’s The Book of Embraces
Latin America Reading Group Eduardo Galeano’s The Book of Embraces Thursday 27 June 2013 Café Ventana, 8:00 p.m Suggestions for Discussion, Musings, Debates What’s a favorite chapter? Read it aloud to us. What’s a favorite…
Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9: The Royal Path Monday 24 June 2013 Meditation 20 m. Two Reflections “The goal ever recedes from us. The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness. Satisfaction lies in…
An Exceptionally Good and Inspiring Day, Monday 15 April 2013
In the morning inside at Kaldi’s I visited with a former student Nineteen years old One of the strongest people I know “Strength does not come from Physical capacity It comes from An indomitable will”
Jottings and Notes from Cami’s Talk
Cami Kasmerchak, Appalachian Summer: To the Mountains and Back, Sunday 24 February 2013 She talked about the “call” … reminds me of Margaret Wheatley: “The notion of vocation comes from spiritual and philosophical traditions. It…