In Charlottesville they worechinstrap bombs that turnedout to be nothing but dust and stone. In Sacramento, thrown like rag dolls,the flies evolved long, sucking mouths; in eternal darkness, reaching, if pushed,for the voice command in your throat. In St. Louis, the bodies leave no footprintson the land, and the nesting cliffs becomebattlegrounds, as they always […]
Reflections on Greta Thunberg and Climate Change
I’ve been an environmentalist for as I can remember. I was 9 years old scolding my parents for not turning off all the lights in the house to save electricity. When I was 12, I used to walk the railroad tracks near my house; picking up scrap metal that fell from the trains, and taking […]
An Offering
It’s 6:30 pm, on a SeptemberSunday, too late to be calledsummer and the clouds are suddenly transformed into bands of energy, like a vulva, and the sky gods begin to birth,cinematically slow, an egg of fire,oozing from the space thatseparates the temporary fromendless beauty. A long time ago, people- not sodifferent than you and I- awaited this hour, as […]
Remote Viewing the Five Ponds Wilderness
Just like smelling pheromones in the armpits,there has always been evidence, the humansystem knowing the future. A series of arbitrarynumbers. Walking out into the unknown depths, we can’tthink of these things as being separate. Like Thoreausaid, “the old upon the walls…” There are no bodies without energy, and there is noenergy without consciousness. Awareness enhanced,activated […]
Thich Nhat Hanh Gives Voice to New Climate Crisis Movie
Each of us has had a role in creating the crisis; the older we are, the greater that role has likely been.
People-pleasing and the Dharma
A short scroll around the internet will tell you that people-pleasing is a common phenomenon. The term applies to people who—often from an early age—prioritize the needs of others over their own. Usually such people have difficulty saying no, change their personality depending on who they are with, and find themselves apologizing an awful lot.
On Not Taking Sides
It has been heartbreaking to watch my adopted city tearing itself apart and becoming awash with anger and hatred. The events that have led to this are well known both in Hong Kong and around the world and I am not going to rehearse them here. I did in fact sketch my own narrative of […]
Thanksgiving (Inspired by Francis of Assisi)
Brother Wind, you are so usefuland humble. Without asking foranything, you refresh our lungs.Thank you Brother Fire, you do not charge foryour warmth or shut off our lights whenwe are not able to pay the bill.Thank you Sister Water, you quench our thirst andhonor our bodies with your life force. Thank youMother for not checkingour […]
Nritya Mandala Mahavihara’s 10th Anniversary
From 21-22, Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya’s center in Portland, Orgeon, celebrated its tenth anniversary, with much of the discussion centered on its unique position as the only Nepalese Buddhist temple in the West: it is well known that the unique expression of Newari Buddhism is gaining both academic and popular attention in Europe and North America. […]
A Perfect Stillness
There is a perfectstillness to these stories. The first instance of a gravitational wave. Anyways, is there anevent that has a bigger explosion of gravitationalwaves than two black holescolliding? Can three or more black holescollide at once? Would that be the sound of God,a ripple in Time – a wave of gravitythat only humans can hear? The […]