Finding Space
“Look, I know things are strained between the two of you I’m not gonna tell you to practice metta for him— Things are too tender for that— But I will tell you what his guru…
There Is No Way to Gentleness; Gentleness Is the Way
Bella Levenshteyn Was on her scooter At the red light In front of me Her bumper sticker read: “I brake for butterflies”
Keep It Simple
“I vow to bring joy to one person in the morning and to help relieve the suffering of one person in the afternoon.” –Thích Nhất Hạnh
Please Let Me Call You by Your True Names
Someone recently sent me the following note… “Mark” I rarely call you this But you feel like a Mark right now A mark upon my life A mark of brightness in a grey background A…
Word of the Day: Maitri
“Maitri is translated in a lot of ways, maybe most commonly as love, but the way Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche translated it was unconditional friendliness and in particular unconditional friendliness to oneself.” — Pema Chödron
The Power of Bollywood Shmaltz
At a red light at 14th and Tucker Listening to “Soni Soni” My eyes fill with tears Thinking of you
Audio with Hedy Epstein
The Torah Scroll Leaving Resolving Hatred Links are forthcoming!
Taking a Stand
“The maddest I’d ever seen him was the day he came to bail me out of jail after a peace rally at UCLA. Driving me home, he was in my face. ‘How can you do this?…
Be Light (After Reading Mary Oliver)
For Lo Ten times a day something happens to me like this—some strengthening throb of amazement—some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This is the first, the wildest, and the wisest thing I know: that…
Timing
“I am totally immersed in my work and cannot, cannot be disturbed.” Anton von Webern [Two days before Nazi troops stormed into Vienna]