April 2020

To slow for photo

No photo …early to rise, with the first edge of light rising behind the row of cedars in the East. a half-waking focus, face cleaning, orifice cleaning,pull back the material covering the french doors, run some fresh water to boil for coffee. out the window over the sink, i catch the fast sauntering raccoon. i […]

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Again the woods are odorous

Rainer Maria RilkeAgain the woods are odorous, the lark Lifts on upsoaring wings the heaven gray That hung above the tree-tops, veiled and dark, Where branches bare disclosed the empty day. After long rainy afternoons an hour Comes with its shafts of golden light and flings Them at the windows in a radiant shower, And

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the first sign of civilization

Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones. But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone)

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Global Unity Meditation

Deva Premal and Miten  4 April 2020 GLOBAL MEDITATION – 4/4/2020 This will be the largest gathering of meditators in history.⁣ Beloved friends, join us today, for a 12-hour Global Satsang with Deepak Chopra, Michael Franti, Mooji, Krishna Das, John de Ruiter, Sadhviji, Charles Eisenstein, Manose, Nahko Bear, and hundreds of thousands of others, as

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