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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

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Back from Montréal

Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in Language, My Life, Peace and Justice, Seen on the Web | 4 Comments »

I've just returned from a trip to Montréal for a joint conference of the United States' and the Pan-American Esperanto associations. I had a wonderful time, and my only regret was that I had to leave early for travel and ...

Merry Subversion!

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, Peace and Justice, Spirituality | 7 Comments »

I'm having a subversive Christmas. I'm thinking about the subversiveness of the Christmas story. Why subversive? Spirituality is by its nature subversive... it sees significance and meaning beyond the material... that something is going on behind the "seen". Awakening (what I usually ...

Still crazy after all these weeks

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 Posted in My Life, Peace and Justice, Spirituality | 12 Comments »

Friends, I'm sorry for my cyber-silence. There's been a subtle shift in my life, although I'm hard-pressed to explain it. Sometimes I've felt very much IN the Spirit, othertimes, no. Sometimes the weird melding of the false boundaries of ...

Bold Kindness Thwarts Bank Robberies

Friday, April 13th, 2007 Posted in Love, Peace and Justice, Spirituality | 2 Comments »

You got to listen to this! NPR interviews FBI special agent Larry Carr about "SafeCatch," a program that may already have reduced the number of bank robberies by nearly half. The secret? Smother them with attention and helpfulness. The Dharma / ...

Where have I been?

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 Posted in My Life, Peace and Justice | 10 Comments »

Sorry for the quietness here. I've been extremely busy at work the last couple of weeks, and have had much less free time. But that's a poor excuse for not posting, and it's not the main reason. Honestly, I've been fighting ...

9-11 Five years later

Monday, September 11th, 2006 Posted in Peace and Justice, Spirituality | 3 Comments »

This will be a day of reflectionand remembrance for many. Five years ago, I was in Shelbourne, MA, in a meditation center during a 10-day long intensive. I remember when our silence was temporarily broken so we could gather ...

At peace in a world of conflict

Monday, August 14th, 2006 Posted in Mind, Peace and Justice, Spirituality | 7 Comments »

So much drama in the world! The strange thing is that, other than a very strong wish for peace, I'm very unmoved by it. I feel in a way, almost like Ashtavakra: The world and all its swirling storms are ...

Why should we bother seeking enlightenment?

Monday, August 7th, 2006 Posted in Mind, Peace and Justice, Spirituality | 6 Comments »

This is why: Torii after Nagasaki atomic blast, August 9, 1945

Meditation on “Imagine” pt. 2

Monday, July 31st, 2006 Posted in Mind, Music, Peace and Justice | 2 Comments »

Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace... This part screams to me. "Imagine there's no countries / It is isn't hard to do..." To which my ...

Something there is…

Sunday, February 19th, 2006 Posted in Peace and Justice | Comments Off

Something there is that doesn't love a wall. —Robert Burns The Wall. If there was a receipe for fueling the resentment that in turn fuels terrorism, this is it. I'm thinking of how enlightenment teachers emphasize that waking up is necessary for us ...