Building Bridges Across the Race Divide
In my last post I spoke of giving selflessly and building community as paths that can lead us out of our own drama and suffering and into a better future. After writing it I felt an awkwardness, wondering if my thoughts and actions really measured up to the things I had written. It is great [...]
Stepping in Dukkha
Dukkha – “the Buddhist concept of suffering, a Pali term roughly corresponding to a number of terms in English including suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness, sorrow, affliction, anxiety, dissatisfaction, discomfort, anguish, stress, misery, and frustration.” ~Wikipedia
I got on a train to come to New Orleans on that same day that Haiti was devastated by a terrible earthquake. [...]
From NOHO to NOLA, my Going Away Party
It has been a surreal time for me. An asteroid slammed the firmament of my psyche, knocking me out of my orbit, into some parallel universe. I have always been drawn toward celestial bodies, galaxies, the distant light of stars. I am at my core just a mystery unto myself, unexplainable by modern physics or [...]
2010 Sacred Reminders
I spent New Year’s Eve at a ceremony of letting go and welcoming in. Just where I needed to be. Burned a pile of old old letters in the bonfire at midnight. Howled at the beautiful blue moon, shrouded in fog. 2 lunar months since my heart got broken. 12 days before my journey into [...]
Turning Towards My Spiritual Center
It is usually in times of crisis that one reaches for their spiritual grounding, as is true for me now. Because my life is so full of amazing people and meaningful work up until recently I have felt that I was aligned with the universe and on a good path. I had found a woman [...]