This or That or Both?

by | Jun 5, 2019 | Greed, Hatred, Ignorance, It's Like This

James Baraz is one of my teachers and he says that when someone asks him how he is, he has a twofold response.  First he responds in a personal way such as, I’m great, or things are going well. The second response is the one I find unique and important. He says, “and...

Always Pay Attention

by | Feb 21, 2019 | Dharma, Greed, Hatred, Ignorance, It's Like This

A couple of weeks ago I watched the Netflix documentary on the Fyre Festival. If you don’t know what that is, the Fyre Festival was supposed to be an incredibly high end party in the Bahamas for well-to-do folk, but ended up being a disaster, to put it mildly, and the...

The Human Condition

by | Jan 31, 2019 | Death, Ignorance, It's Like This

For the last few days I’ve been dealing with either a really nasty cold, or a low-level flu or some other thing that I don’t really have a name for. Sometimes I have a very high fever, often I feel quite fatigued and ever constant is an awful cough which sounds like...

Change Happens

by | Jan 3, 2019 | Dharma, Intention

For the first time since 2005, I did not attend a New Year’s Eve Intention Setting Ceremony. Intellectually I knew it was happening, or not happening so-to-speak, but I don’t know if there was a lot of emotion around it. I’ve been reflecting over the last week that...