-For John I reached into the dark side of the fringing reef below the boundary separating air from water.
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Below the Surface
Posted in Coral Reef, Wisdom on October 11, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
A Pale Substitute
Posted in Emotions/Inner World, Roses, Wisdom on March 21, 2014 | 1 Comment »
The sparser the innate joy that springs from being alive, the more fervently we seek joy’s pale substitute, pleasure. -Gabor Maté (2008), In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts The dozen roses on the coffee table are the faintest coral, their petals sheer and delicate, more thin, flimsy parchment than flower. The colors fade toward the […]
Getting Lost
Posted in Children, Existential, Fear, Mothers, Parenting, Wisdom on September 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The topic of the lecture was to find the good in the unexpected, the benefit of having to veer off one course and, before plotting the next, experience the freedom of getting lost. To set out without knowing where one is going. To wander for 40 years, if need be, before making one’s way to […]
Straddling Two Worlds
Posted in Emotions/Inner World, Enlightenment, Existential, Reminiscences on December 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve heard that enlightenment comes from a form of detachment – the ability to go through life experiencing relationships, meals, sleep, work, love, devotion, prayer – any activity – with the capacity to feel it, live it, and let it go. No attachments – not to meaning, not to particular feelings, not to suffering. No […]