Compassionate Eyes March 23, 2011

I’ve been asking (and feeling guilty to some extent about asking, as I wonder  if I’m simply trying to find excuses to judge, to find reasons to set myself and others who seem to see things as I do apart from those who don’t, etc.) lately if it’s “OK” to at least recognize or acknowledge [...]

Sugar or Garlic March 23, 2011

I’ve been getting sloppy lately. allowing myself to be distracted by little unnecessary pleasures, oversleeping, eating more than I need to (developing a real Ben & Jerry’s habit)–as he referred to it quite a while back, “singing my songs to this world.”  I’m aware of it, and I’ve been worrying about my lack of self-discipline, [...]

Dark Cloud March 15, 2011

I really don’t know what this means, but I thought I’d post it. Over the past few days I’ve been hearing very little, but this morning when I woke up I heard what sounded like, “Knock it off…Hebrew.” Now, there are no doubt plenty of things that I should probably be knocking off right now, [...]

Awareness of the Heart March 9, 2011

My good friend Sidewalk Bends (not his real name, obviously!) is a very wise and thoughtful man who has seen me through almost all of this “journey” I’ve been on for the past four years.  In some ways I feel as if we’ve been growing up together… He recently let me know that his old [...]

Convention February 27, 2011

A while ago I asked how I should deal with difficult situations, difficult people, conflicts and differences of opinion.  I heard, “Forget hostile; forget civility.”  I think he meant go beyond them.

The “Kingdom of God” February 27, 2011

A while back, I was asking questions about what had actually come from God.  One night or morning as I was asking, I heard, “Created space.” One day after that as I walked on the beach it occurred to me that what God created is everything that’s eternal, and whose essence really can’t be changed–sea, [...]

Sky and Clouds August 8, 2010

8/8/2010 My son and I (as well as our dog, paralyzed pigeon, six white doves, and one diamond dove) survived the move from New Jersey to St. Augustine, Florida.  I wake up in the morning these days and can’t believe that I actually get to live here until whenever the time comes to move on [...]

Not Heavy July 1, 2010

7/1/2010 I just had to share this. I was just taking a bath, and I was thinking about Rob–the homeless man I wrote about in my other blog, who made me so happy when I got him to smile a bit, tell me his name, and sit with me at Dunkin Donuts to have a [...]

Nothing Left… June 30, 2010

30 June 2010 There have been a few moments during my meditation in which things become very intense; usually, so far, I have to stop, although I’m trying to learn to relax and let it happen, as I know that it will take me where I want to go (wherever, exactly, that is).  It’s very [...]

Trying and Trust June 21, 2010

6/21/2010 This afternoon I was reading about Tao in a book called The Way of Chuang Tzu, by Thomas Merton.  So much of what I’ve read in that book, and in the Tao Te Ching and others, seems to fit with what I’ve been being taught in the past couple of years that I often [...]