Category: Our Heroic and Ceaseless 24/7 Struggle against Tsuris

With Anandamayi Ma at Gelateria

for Dr. Amy Afanasevich After meditating way past midnight I went to my mat and fell asleep And soon in a dream Sri Anandamayi Ma and I are having a  tête-à-tête She looks mid-twenties She is…

I Love Self-Righteous People!

Dear Bella Levenshteyn I’m astounded on a daily basis: The hand-written letters I receive From dear ones via the USPS!!! In my circle of near and far-flung friends We are keeping alive this art form…

It’s OK

It’s OK to forget to do gratitudes when you most need them It’s OK to be grumpy for between seven and nine minutes It’s OK to feel like everyone is smarter than you (but for…

Remembering the Dead/2

Dear Shimmelstoy I was moved by what you mentioned about Joel His is a private commemoration Which for some reason reminds me of Yankev Glatshteyn (If you haven’t read him yet, get’s Fein’s translation In…

Cheer Up

Hungry ghosts are everywhere But bodhisattvas are everywhere too Suffering is everywhere But the transnational sangha is everywhere too

Remembering the Dead/1

Dear Bella Levenshteyn I take long walks with Joel in the park The other day he told me about one of his  practices Like some of our friends do yoga Others  swear by their vipassana…

Postscript

Dear Bella Levenshteyn. I just wrote you a love letter. Stamped and licked the envelope. I loved writing it. Loved thinking about you. Loved thanking you. Love that a pol-sci major has become such a…

Monkey Mind

Dear Bella Levenshteyn Do you ever have one of those days When you swing from wanting One thing to another Days like I seem to have with such frequency I know for sure I’m meshugah…

Remember This

Bella Levenshteyn It’s never too late to read Amos To live Amos Here in these United States of Havoc Where we manufacture the bullets & bombs & fighter jets That are distributed all over the…