First, deal with your koan: “Do not kill. Do not let others kill. Find whatever means possible to protect life and prevent war.” Second, deepen your breathing. Third, most importantly, build the sangha based on…
First, deal with your koan: “Do not kill. Do not let others kill. Find whatever means possible to protect life and prevent war.” Second, deepen your breathing. Third, most importantly, build the sangha based on…
Since mid-November, I’ve had exchanges with numerous people who were consumed with dread at so much bad news in the news. One afternoon, while walking in the Central West End, I was reminded of…
Hello, Dualism Come, have a shot of espresso with me I know you’ve had a hard time Working overtime nonstop can’t be easy Everyone’s on to you And wants a piece of you You animate…
Because she’d gotten close to Henry I got to learn more about Laura Bronstein She returned to Israel To the chagrin of her conservative family members She wasn’t going to sit around and be polite…
Liliane Dammond came to the United States in 1950, 25 years old, recently married and pregnant with my father. Learning English at 14 and studying in England, she was privileged to have no language barrier…
After hearing Cal speak Of his trips to Friendship Villages Madeline Weil started missing classes She’d rather read in the library Than go to Business Law classes She’d study the photos of the children She…
After hearing Cal speak Of his trips to Friendship Villages Madeline Weil started missing classes She’d rather read in the library Than go to Business Law classes She’d study the photos of the children She…
Dear Doc I have three doctor specialist appointments– Cardiology, cardiology Hematology– In the next two weeks But there’s no doctor I can see about missing you –from novel-nearing-completion, Our Heroic and Ceaseless 24/7 Struggle against…
But then I think What do these awards mean They gotta serve somebody I’ve checked the libraries It’s her only book On this—or any— subject Why should the luminaries and guardians honor her Which is…