“Magic Carpet Ride”
As I was hefting my heavy day pack over my shoulder to get ready to leave for the airport, I said to my roommate for the week, “now is the time I wish I could just take a magic carpet… (READ MORE)
When We Choose the Pleasure of the Beautiful (DWTD)
When we choose a tantric path, we choose to experience pleasure as an expression of spirit, rather than seeking to transcend such experience as would one who is on the classical renunciatory yoga path. The choice to remain engaged, to… (READ MORE)
“I See It Every Morning” (and Jnanam Bandaha) (DWTD)
When I walked out of the back of the hotel through the pool area just after day break, one of the pool side assistants was out getting things ready for the guests. “Windy,” he said, as I was wrapping and… (READ MORE)
A Different Perspective
This view is always there, we just do not always get to see it from our habitual place on the ground. Sometimes people ask me how I can sometimes still feel unworthy or get depressed or be edgy with all… (READ MORE)
satcitananda
Wow. I came up out of the metro to this extraordinary fiery sky show. When I invite others to look, mostly, like today, they just think I am mad. But sometimes there is a shared spark of recognition of the… (READ MORE)
“Relaxing into Optimal Alignment” (Sully Style)
“Relaxing Into Optimal Alignment” This Saturday, February 26th (Web version of E-Newsletter)
Dear Friends , What could be better with the topsy turvy weather and the pace of our town these days than to spend a delicious afternoon relaxing into optimal alignment? This month’s workshop theme will explore the second line of… (READ MORE)
It’s a Fine Line Between a Grimace and a Smile (and satcitananda murtaye)
The New York Times just published a blog entry on the perils of faking happiness. The first problem with the article was that I could not get to the study to see if I agreed that the actual premise was… (READ MORE)
Human Size in Relative Space and Time
My friend Dan just posted an insightful piece about the sweetly humbling (without diminishing) perspective on the single life or the whole collective human being in the context of the whole universe. It resonated with the passage I had read… (READ MORE)
The truly pro-life would support basic gynecological care for poor women (I Stand With Planned Parenthood)
Almost none of the services provided by Planned Parenthood are abortions. Rather, they provide much needed health care to women in underserved communities. Please stand with Planned Parenthood today: Dear Elizabeth, Minutes ago, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to… (READ MORE)