Be a Knower of the UncreatedFree from the chains of worry Dhammapada Photo by Annie Young A Child's Mind Children at play know few rules.No "real" or "not real" worlds.For them, make-believe fantasy is enough.They take joy from unbounded imagination. We allow ourselves unbounded joy. We entera child's mind, from which we all emerged.
My Friends, The Birds
My Friends, The Birds Broad-Billed Hummingbird (Male), Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon, Near Green Valley, Arizona Recently, and for some time, I have been discovering small “gifts” left for me by birds accustomed to feeding at my sunflower-seed feeder. Since I installed the feeder years ago it has been the target of local birds by…
Jaguar and Hummingbird
Jaguar and Hummingbird A Mesoamerican fable credited to the Mayan and Aztec civilizations of Mexico and Guatemala has been passed through generations from ancient times. Like fables told everywhere, it conveys symbols and profound truths that are not immediately apparent to the uninitiated. Investigating the story, we can see universal facts of a sophisticated and…
The Region of the Unfathomable.
I. We youthful warriors walk into the mountains to conquer the highest peak, determined to challenge the world, . We climb ever higher along clear mountain streams, rapidly tumbling along the boulders in a never-ending flow behind and ahead – up and up to the tree-line of the high-sierra and beyond, far above the distant…
Tears to the National Anthem
The following is the story of my first encounter with the Iranian Revolution of the late 1970's. The events depicted are true. Prior to these events I had no association or knowledge of Iran or its people. Since that day, I am surrounded by the history and human drama stemming from this watershed moment. Watching…
In the Moment
In the Moment "Life at each moment encompasses the body and mind and the self and environment of all sentient beings..as well as all insentient beings in the three thousand realms, including plants, sky, earth, and even the minutest particles of dust. Life at each moment permeates the entire realm of phenomena and is revealed…
When I Died and Came Back
How many days, weeks or months are left me to tell this story of my meeting with death? Can it be done? Words cannot do justice or fully describe the encounter; and my meager skills as a writer may not be helpful to the attempt. And why should any attempt to describe death be made?…
What Are Angels?
Can you describe an angel? What images come to mind? Most readers will be able to conjure an image of an angel because the concept of an angel, or angels, or a host of angels – is so familiar in our culture. What does an angel look like? What can angels do? What is their…
The Jackass Hill Insane Asylum
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…
How I Met Buddha; The Untold Story of the Manson Family Murders
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…
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