Happy New Year
May you may most fully discover your dharma and experience peace, joy, and good will along the way.

May you may most fully discover your dharma and experience peace, joy, and good will along the way.

Most important word here is “first,” just as with the Buddhist metta practice.

If I have done this correctly, it is Christmas day (Boxing day for those of you who are email subscribers). If all is on schedule, I am basking in warmth (though possibly with lots of rain) witnessing ritual that in form is another world than Christmas in the cold United States. At another level, it is all one–a deep and heartfelt yearning for and an offering of love. Whatever your beliefs, whatever you are doing on this day, and however you might practice or worship, if at all, I wish you all much love, peace, and joy.
Ganesha helping me wave goodbye to the patriarchy.
Artist: Deborah Oak Cooper, gift from ReyaMellicker.com