John Friend, Genpo Roshi, Katagiri Roshi, Swami Muktananda, Adi Da. These are all teachers that I or my teachers have studied with, and who have been involved in scandals involving sex, money, and power. These teachers have all wielded tremendous influence in spirituality in the West. Through their transgressions they have left many of their [...]
Posts Tagged ‘awareness’
When our teachers fall
Posted in Personal Growth, Spirituality, tagged awareness, Buddhism, Genpo Roshi, life energy, money, spiritual masters, spirituality, subtle body, yoga on March 28, 2012 | 3 Comments »
The absurdity of hope; or December 23 at Barnes & Noble.
Posted in Personal Growth, Spirituality, tagged awareness, books, homesteading, hope, Jesus, Lady Gaga, literature, spirituality, Vanity Fair on December 24, 2011 | 6 Comments »
One Christmas I got a DVD of topo maps for all of Southern Arizona from my wife. Oh, the excitement, the places I’d go! I’d walk the whole area, explore hidden nooks off the trail, plan bike- and horse-packing trips to know the whole region, make it mine, all mine! It’s like that feeling of [...]
You, practicing not checking your smartphone.
Posted in Culture, Personal Growth, Spirituality, tagged awareness, Buddhism, practice, smartphone, spirituality, technology, yoga on October 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Most people don’t even notice it. There is the familiar buzz in the pocket, or the soft, quirky tone that emanates from an indeterminate space in the room. Before their conscious mind recognizes what it is, the amygdala responds, igniting whatever emotions it is they associate with incoming data: anxiety, hope, fatigue. Unconsciously, the Pavlovian [...]
Life is finally getting back to normal
Posted in Conscious Citizenship, Culture, Nature, Sustainability, tagged awareness, ecology, nature, sustainability, tucson, water on August 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Across America, we’re about to see our above-average temperatures come back down towards normal again. Not because the weather’s changing–it is, in fact, continuing to warm–but because our method of measuring it is. The National Weather Service uses a 30-year average to calculate average temperature and precipitation measurements. These averages are what we hear today’s [...]
A New Year’s Prayer for You
Posted in Spirituality, tagged awareness, growth, spirituality on January 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Have you made your New Year’s resolution yet? Before you make that fitness plan, dietary promise or self-improvement commitment, consider this: the universe, and that includes you, is functioning perfectly right now.
Grunchables
Posted in Culture, Nature, Spirituality, tagged awareness, ecology, education, nature on September 30, 2010 |
…your grasshopper has darkened to a crispy-looking brown over the fire. Will you eat it? The thought of its squishy insides spilling onto your tongue makes you wish, for a moment, that you had some chocolate for dipping.
