This story was published in my first book, The Johari Mirror. Please enjoy this humorous tale of a writer's conceit. To let the reader in on why I’m writing this, I’m old now and have realized that if a witness to certain lies and fantastic distortions does not try to correct them, then said witness…
This story was first published in my book, The Johari Mirror. Many readers have asked me to post the account of my introduction to Buddhism. This is the dramatic tale of a Bodhisattva’s advent. Most people living as I write this remember or know by reference the gruesome serial case that grabbed the headlines in…
"More things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy," In the writings of John Muir, America’s far-seeing prophet of environmental awareness, there is a marvelous tale of the mystical bond which links mentor and disciple across time and distance. This story is so illustrative of this unmistakable but mysterious connection…
Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me; Other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip its been. – Grateful Dead, Truckin’ Just down the tree-lined street from where I write, over by the Veterans Administration (V.A.) Hospital of Menlo Park, California, is a dangerous blind curve marking…
“The great sin of Enlightened Europe is to allow the women of Greece, the mothers of freemen everywhere, to be forced under the veil by the Turks.” - Lord Byron "The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." - Steve Biko Ghosts of the Desert In the…
“Let this be our national goal! At the end of this decade, in the year 1980, the United States will not be dependent on any other country for the energy we need.” – President Richard Nixon, 1974, following the 1973-74 Arab Oil Embargo. This goal has been a staple of American politics with similar statements…
The voice of the river that has emptied into the Ocean Now laughs and sings just like God. - Hafez In the legend of the Persian master poet, Hafez, there is a tale which illustrates the profound relationship of Hafez with his teacher. As legends are prone, this story also acts as a metaphor and…
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