Jan 14
To me writing has been about long nights, staring at a white screen covered in little words. It’s been about talking about who I am, who I’m not and all the little things in between. I’ve suffered through all of it. A writer’s suffering is their guide to what they should write. My discovery …
Dec 21
I’ve posted many times about my beliefs in Buddhism, but I’ve never discussed what we tell our kids about Buddhism or Christianity. Here’s a couple of recent stories about our life and raising our kids Buddhist. A few weeks ago, my son who’s eight and smarter than he acts and thinks more philosophically than most …
Oct 05
We think of being lost as something about our mind, our soul or our physical person. Being lost has many things to it. When a person is in a coma, are they still there or is their mind wandering, like Alice. When we die does our soul take a journey to someplace. When our physical …
Jul 11
What is it about madness that scares us. What is it about going mad that makes us feel totally confused, wrecked and without borders. What are the things we find in ourselves that confuse, distort and make the dark come. Some of the darkest times I’ve found myself searching for something larger than myself. When the …
Jul 09
There are things, ways to come about our lives. These things are sometimes ignored. They don’t seem like something we would want to delve into. They are our rabbit hole. We tumble-down, our claws scratching the edges as we fall. It’s this hole that creates the illusion we’re trapped above and not trying to claw our …
Apr 09
Morpheus: Do you believe in fate Neo? Neo: No. Morpheus : Why not? Neo: Because I don’t like the idea that I’m not in control of my life. This scene from The Matrix is one of my favorites. The choice of reality and whether what we see in front of us in real. The other night my wife …
Oct 19
The first thing I must do in post such as this is state my beliefs. Otherwise I will be called any number of things. I have called myself a Buddhist for ten years, I don’t always follow some parts of the beliefs–drinking alcohol, meditating regularly–I have determined this is because of the way I was …
