Freedom
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality | 3 Comments »Seven years ago, I made the bodhisattva vow. And now, I'm feeling it. There is nothing more I want to do with my life than to set people free. Everywhere I go, to whomever I speak, I see bondage and ...
Announcing RockOm.net
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Music, My Life, Spirituality | 3 Comments »(Time for absolutely shameless plug!) Well, after months of work, it's here... RockOm.net is now live! I'm proud to be a part of the RockOm team. RockOm is an online music community with a spiritual focus... but inclusive of all ...
Why does Spirit want to be embodied?
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage, Quick Thoughts, Seen on the Web, Spirituality, Teacher / Practice, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »Here's just two reasons:
Into the wild
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Love, Movies / TV / Stage, Spirituality | 7 Comments »I could write a thousand-word review about this movie. I could call it the Walden of our times. I could tell you how it is an ode to the beauty of America as The Constant Gardener was to that of ...
What are you looking here for?
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Mind, Nonduality, Spirituality | 1 Comment »Julie has said all that needs to be said.
You think that…
Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Mind, Spirituality, Teacher / Practice | 6 Comments »I recently saw a video of Eckhart Tolle teaching at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland. One of the stories he shared was of another teacher, Byron Katie, who was visiting some patients in a cancer ward. She stopped in a ...
Journaling
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in My Life, Spirituality, Teacher / Practice | 10 Comments »I've kept a journal at several key times in my life, but never really threw myself into it until 1998, when I read The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron. If you've never read the book, well, you should. I don't ...
Demiurge
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in Mind, Spirituality | 16 Comments »Sometimes I think I really must be mad for keeping this blog. Not just because I'm trying to write about what can't be written, but to do it publicly! Yet, when I feel that no one can possibly understand what ...
An atheist, a monotheist, and a panentheist
Thursday, December 27th, 2007 Posted in Humor, Spirituality | 7 Comments »An atheist, a monotheist, and a panentheist walk into a smoke-filled, crowded bar. The bartender is at the far end, but the atheist can't see him through the haze. Finally the atheist declares to his monotheist friend, "There is no ...
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 ...