Temperature Check
I feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve just updated you guys on how Life In General has been. I mean, sure you want to know the major epic stories about Burning Man, about the feelings of gratitude, etc, etc, but really,what about the daily triumphs? The failures? The snit fits? Where’s the pulp, am I right? Admit it, you’ve... [Read more...]
Quan Yin-in the dark
Quan Yin statue I step up to the altar-greet her dragon; gaze at her face. I light one candle, then another, and mentally rest for a moment, though I am standing. It feels like a perch, spiritually. A place at the end of a quick-light footed staircase, leading to a panorama. I perch there, and muse on my path, and the various threads that intersect... [Read more...]
Waiting
I am waiting. Waiting to find out which way the tide will turn my little boat. Yes, I know, you think I meant which way the wind will tip my little PAIL, but my life is bigger than a pail. I think of it as a little boat, cast about on the waves. Sure,you can point TOWARDS west, and hope for the best, but the exact longitude and latitude is pretty hard... [Read more...]
Know thyself
knowing your own heart.It can be the roughest, strangest, most foreign terrain on Earth.And in Heaven. I am having the roughest time lately with UNDERSTANDING my own heart. What she wants. Where she goes. I feel a general fog around my path, that obscures even the simplest decisions. I used to SEE with a blaze of fire and insight. I could dance circles... [Read more...]
Primal
Primal forces drive us on an unspoken level. I would love to see a society where we were encouraged to trust our instincts more! That they were treated as if of paramount importance. They tug at our center, they give us a shiver when we are in danger, or realizing a terrible loss. Primal forces compel, subtly, like a paper that flutters its edges... [Read more...]
