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When I was born I donned a spacesuit for living on this plane, it was this body, my spacesuit, and it had a steering mechanism which is my pre-frontal lobe and all the brain that helps with coordinating and stuff. Just like those others who go to the moon and learn to use their spacesuit ... how to...

This is a short story about an event that happened when Stuart's daughter was 5 years old. I love his writing! My daughter is an intelligent, funny, beautiful young lady. Only in her twenties, she already has a husband and a two year old son. On a recent phone call, as we discussed her fast-paced sa...

Bryan. Congratulations on diving into the unknown!

Buddha In A Gorilla Suit — by Caitlin Johnstone Can you notice the Heaven behind your own eyes? Can you notice the orgasms in your cells? The preacher tells us it's on the other side of death. The teacher tells us it's on the other side of accomplishment. The banker tells us it's on the other side ...

At the base of the brainstem there is a bundle of neurons called the Reticular Activating System (RAS). The RAS acts as a kind of bouncer for the brain. Our senses take in waaaaay too information for our conscious mind to ever process, so we need to screen out data that is not relevant to us and al...

The mosque is too far from home, so let's do this
Let's make a weeping child laugh.
— Nida Fazli

Let's face it, many of us have very conflicted feelings about home. For some of us, the homes of our childhood were places of discord or trauma. And the homes we have made for ourselves? We dwell in them longing for our true homes. Is it possible to feel longing for a home we have never known? This...

Bruce is a neighbor. We've had the occasional talk when we've met in the past on our walks. I like his point of view. Here's an intro someone wrote about the video I'm linking. It’s so easy to feel a little forlorn if we both passively watch and also buy into the current narratives that the world i...

This little video gave my heart a lift today.

https://youtu.be/yDKSo1CmI80

Hey Eric that painting was great. I'd never seen that ancient illusion until yesterday! Did you see the placement of the elephants feet? I'm not very well versed with the Hindi religion, but this painting seems laced with symbolism. The elephant is doing the Hokey-Pokey... a truly ancient dance. :b...

Hi Kim, I loved the trail of light reference that Aralyn made toward the end of her movie. I recently heard another wonderful perspective from a doctor who opines that we have two births; once when we enter this universe and the second when we enter the next. I love the two birth concept (as oppose...

I thought this was brilliant!

INTENTION & FOCUS | Your Light is more potent than words — by Lorie Ladd (a video)

https://youtu.be/ubXW1MYM15U

This temple contains what might be the world’s oldest optical illusion. Look at this bas-relief depicting two animal bodies. If you solely focus on the left-hand animal, you will see a complete bull, including horns; however, when you focus solely on the right-hand animal, you will see a complete e...

"How many of you know how to watch television?" I asked my class one day. After a few bewildered and silent moments, slowly, one by one, everyone haltingly raised their hands. We soon acknowledged that we were all "experts," as Harold Garfinkle would say, in the practice of "watching television." F...

This beautifully moving film features Aralyn Doiron, a delightful woman who has trained to be a Death Walker, someone who values a relationship with death and someone who values life. She suggests that it is only when we acknowledge that we are going to die one day, that we can truly start to live....

We stand in a unique position where we are all called to be involved in the making of a New Earth. Our current times require us to embrace an inclusive, universal and creative spirituality: one that encompasses living the whole of our life as skilfully, peacefully and compassionately as possible. I...

I'm happy to see you posting again too. :loves Me too!. Due to the efforts of a half a dozen of our neighbors who stayed and fought the fires out homes were saved. We've been home for three weeks but only had power (and cable for internet) for about a week. http://www.theoreticsinstitute.org/pics/L...

This is the final paragraph of a short enlightening thought. "We don’t want to look at clouds to divine the weather forecast; we want to look at them so that we can dream again and remember that magic and beauty surrounds us at every step. We want to find in them a route back into wonder. “It is th...

Intellectual work sometimes, spiritual work certainly, artistic work always -- these are forces that fall within its grasp, forces that must travel beyond the realm of the hour and the restraint of the habit. Nor can the actual work be well separated from the entire life. Like the knights of the Mi...

What keeps us away from the gentle rain of grace? It's our endless obsession, all day long, with I, me, mine. We wake up in the morning and start writing "the movie of Me": What am I going to do? Where am I going to go? How am I going to get there? Is this enough? Is it too much? What's going to ha...

The realization that every act, every word, every thought of ours not only influences our environment but mysteriously forms an integral part of the Universe, fits into it as if by necessity, in the very moment we do or say or think it, is an overwhelming and even shattering experience. If we only ...

Thanks for your prayers and good wishes. At least half the homes in our area burned. As of last night our homes were still standing due to the efforts of neighbors who stayed to protect theirs. Our place happened to be in the middle of three of those intrepid souls. I'm too old and lame to help ther...

A few days ago I had to evacuate due to the threat of the fires raging throughout the coastal areas near Santa Cruz, CA. At present all I have is an iPad and life as a refugee is scattered. I'll try to post a something occasionally.

Welles

Clearly, some experiences are far more impactful than others. The truth is that most moments in our life simply flow right by us, unnoticed; almost as if we’re sitting by a great river, and only made aware of its seamless waters when something being carried along by them catches our eye. In other w...

It seems like our society is at a low point in terms of how we talk about challenging, controversial topics within our political discourse and even our spiritual reflections. I believe the only way through this polarization is a re-appreciation for silence. Silence has a life of its own. It is not ...