I pray that our hearts may be softened. I pray, not to an absent God, but to a humankind that has lost its humanity. My prayer is a hopeful imploring, a desperate beseeching: it is not in God's hands, but ours. My prayer is a stark question: Will we ever be able to actually love… Continue reading Fight against the hardening of our hearts
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A Brief Message To My Family Who May Or May Not Judge Me For Converting To A Different Religion Than Them
My life is not a sterile thing to be poked and prodded in a petri dish. It is not a concept to be theorized about with inscrutable language by learned scholars. There is no need for justification, no need for a public service announcement to explain why. I am sorry— to myself and to others—… Continue reading A Brief Message To My Family Who May Or May Not Judge Me For Converting To A Different Religion Than Them
Supported
Since there was no way to test out the decision, I could only decide. I could only leap. I could only surrender. Now, I wake up in the mornings in a fog of unreality— did I really do it? Am I really here, on the other side?— mountains outside my window, the cool breath of… Continue reading Supported
Only flux
Swept up in a breathless story as a child, I was shocked to learn that all the events so far were just the prologue of a larger, grander story. But how did the people in the story know it's only the prologue? I wondered. And not the most important part? They didn't, of course. How… Continue reading Only flux
Estuary
After a lifetime of rejecting predetermination, I call upon it now. I get quiet. Okay, I'm ready. Tell me what to do. Point me in the right direction. Give me a sign, but one that is unmistakable, because you know me, you know I think everything is a sign. Okay, I am quiet. I am… Continue reading Estuary
Human vs. ego
How can I spew cliches about accepting and respecting differences when I cannot accept and respect my own father? How can I bemoan and condemn the opposite political party for their egos and their hatred when my own ego and hatred has widened a family chasm? How can I touch Oneness, the underlying truth of… Continue reading Human vs. ego
Channeling Ram Dass on my lunch break
some things people have told me about anger: it's not all bad. anger is the backside of love. there is nothing wrong with it unless you are defeated by it. it is a sword that can be used for justice. some things people have asked me about my anger: how can you create value from… Continue reading Channeling Ram Dass on my lunch break
Divine Comedy
Laughter is proof that the universe is inherently good. There is an inner wellspring of laughter— so naturally available, present from the first moment of birth— which, once awakened, allows a glimpse of nirvana, a glimpse of the truth of our human experience, which is that we are here to delight in one another.
Redemption
Maybe my plantar fasciitis,newly flared up,is karma for the time I stolesome shampoo and conditioner(and probably some nail polish)From Walmart(okay, that happened more than once)So, one flash of heel pain for each stolen good?How does it work? I don’t know when I stopped stealing(I didn’t find God)(in fact, I lost him)But I must have had… Continue reading Redemption
From destruction… creation
The wise say that you chose your circumstances. You chose your parents, you chose to be born in your body, you chose your life. I don't know how it works. Maybe it's karma. Maybe my past choices did the choosing, did the causing, which are now affecting. I look at the last text I received… Continue reading From destruction… creation
embracing samsara 