Metta Meditation Modified

May you be filled with lovingkindness (even through all this) May you be well (despite the tempestuous circumstances) May you be peaceful and at ease (though this may seem remote) May you be happy (at…

Good To Be with You, Too

Marky-Mark–you are such a spark! in those terra cotta colored cords, and your tie-dyed T, driving your fancy mini cooper, shuffling through the SLAM, counting the number of paintings that contained the color, periwinkle. Was…

Morning Meditation, 7.18.2013

May I be filled with loving-kindness May I be well May I be peaceful and at ease May I be happy May Irum be filled with loving-kindness May Irum be well May Irum be peaceful…

Mev’s Ode to Joy

Sitting across from a friend Downtown Gelateria I’d just given her The Book of Mev (Her silent, deep response I’ll never forget) I offered to read her something So I turned the pages and came…

Just Say “Yes”

“I read your manuscript… twice” “Really?” “Lemme tell you, it was something else” “Oh yeah?” “It’s like … I don’t know how to put it” “Just try” “OK … it’s like … Kafka on acid”…

When People Leave Town

“All that is dear to me and everyone that I love Are of the nature to change There is no way to escape being separated from them”* Dear Bella Levenshteyn Ultimately, I’m glad when people…

Bella Reads Rumi

Dear Kind Soul It’s me again The following are two lines from the September 12th Rumi poem-of-the-day In the book you gave me, But For Us This Day: “Do not wait. The open plain is better /…

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…