FARMHOUSE IN KOPAN 1976
Hindu deities adorn adobe walls While hundred headed Ravanna scorns his foe, haloed Krishna eyes maidens bathing Against the painted backdrop of an English garden,… Read More »FARMHOUSE IN KOPAN 1976
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BY THE EEL RIVER
By the Eel river, our voices echoing off the cliffs, freely we roamed through the 6 realms As we emerged from each naked in the… Read More »BY THE EEL RIVER
THE INVISIBLE STRINGS OF KARMA
Every single moment this stream of being is bombarded with uncountable impressions through the senses, through memories and the echoes of present thoughts. Is it personal? Yes, it is. Is it created by the present you? No it isn’t. Is it created by someone else? Absolutely not.
FROM RECOVERY TO TAKING REFUGE: A TESTIMONY
I was struggling with anger and resistance to accept I was being an asshole to my loved ones, my sponsor asked: “have you kneeled to God lately?”. I was utterly surprised by that question. “What in the world is he talking about?”, I thought. I felt offended. I couldn’t believe he had the nerves to ask me to kneel.
THERE IS NO PUNISHMENT
When we encounter suffering in our lives, we sometimes incorrectly view it as punishment. For some of us, this comes from our childhood sense of a punishing God. We are suffering because God is punishing us for being bad. This is not a Buddhist view.