We cannot alone see who we really are. This is in part because we are not able to see who we really are nor can others. We see what we...

Sometimes silence and a full stop is the only accurate expression for a shock in our lives. Hafiz waxes poetic describing a mime...

I wonder sometimes just how much of a chip off the ol' block of god/star dust/ all that its/ we actually are. How is it that I can sit...

What do we do with what we know? This subject has been on my mind heavily for a decade. Ever since I retired and was no longer hurling...

We are a capitalistic society and, being so, we must live under the influence of all decisions being financially motivated. We were...

We have deceived ourselves. Life is not a groove. Life is a noble endeavor rife with the complexity of mind numbing joy to heart...

Having our experiences validated by others is presented to us growing up as a goal in our life. Good grades, trophies, awards...these are...

Who of us has not felt to be a pawn and forced to move within a construct; to be a cog in a machine that we are oriented to participate...

If you are the type to seek knowledge or a life of meaning, you may find yourself at the feet of a so called enlightened person or...

Synchronicity is an ever-present reality for those who have eyes to see. -Carl Jung ...and I might add, anyone can see sychronistically,...

We are as spawn from a dream the mountains had of the stars. This is what is coursing through our daily lives as we live in each moment...

After years of being extremely careful with protocols around the pandemic, I became lax in not protecting myself this summer. There was...

The soul of humanity at large. In this poem Hafiz talks about our being part of something larger than ourselves with recognizable parts...

According to ChatGPT, humans, on average, are awake about sixteen hours a day. When I think about this, I have to wonder just what I have...

It will be my 70th birthday the day this post goes up. The day (unless I'm miraculously killed instantly) that I will no longer be able...

.. Hope is the last refuge of those who rely on a benevolent future. Hope doesn't go the distance when there is no expectation of a...

Most of us live on the edge of passion - the edge of each moment's potential. When we are young we fight to be in the middle of the fray...

There were times when I was writing my thoughts down - thoughts that would end up being my book - when I would reread what I wrote the...

Hafiz lays into a warning for all inmates of love to find joy in their work or suffer the consequence. This caution seems to be thrown...

I have recently had the unusual experience of losing my sense of smell and taste due to a symptom of the virus Covid-19. It has inspired...