by admin | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m arriving at a retreat center at the edge of the mountains on a lonely saltwater bay on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. It is quiet and peaceful here. I’ve arrived early and intend to stay for a full week. It is Sunday morning, and the folks who were...
by admin | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m playing one on one basketball in a huge public park with a young man. The ball is a bit flat, so I tell him I’m going to find a pump and put some more air in the ball. As I walk through the park, I feel sort of listless and dejected. I’m tired of playing...
by admin | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m with a bunch of friends in line for a Jane’s Addiction concert. My life has been so routine and boring lately and I’m looking for a shot of adrenalin! I’m psyched! I get to the front of the line and a man asks for my concert ticket and my ID. I hand him my ticket...
by admin | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m a philosophy teacher here at this large university here in California. Lots of sun, Spanish style roofs and white stucco. Flowers and beauty everywhere. Really a paradise. I have been teaching here for a very long time. I like the school, the campus and the...
by admin | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
My indigenous friend suggested I hike through the Two Hills Monument. I am here now staring at 2 giant hills – like small mountains with almost identical rounded tops. There is nothing very spectacular about either one – both are big, round and look a bit like mirror...
by admin | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Midnight. Pitch dark except for the light of a full moon. I am standing waist deep in the ocean holding hands with Adi Da (Adi Da means The Divine Giver”). About 100 yards offshore is a huge reef. Immense and powerful waves are crashing into the reef with great force....