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Oh, How I Miss the Mountains So…
It’s funny how the more we get used to things, the more our perception about them changes. When I first moved to the San Gabriel Valley, I would stare at the mountains that were so close to me, imagining my Sensei somewhere out there. The more I hiked those mountains…
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The world is on fire all around me
And it’s not just in my home. Smoke fills my lungs in more ways than one while I lay face first on the ground with my arms out in surrender. Job 5 NIV 8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.9 He performs…
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The spiritual practice: it’s all so much
Ram Dass says, do it until you can’t take it anymore. Immerse yourself in all this stuff, until you’re sick of it. How long have I done this for? Is that what spiritual practice is? A dog chasing its own tail until it gets tired, then after resting a while,…
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Sometimes I don’t know what I live for
And I do wonder if I will lose my words some day. Hopefully, it’ll be intentional. Some may take me as a fool for wanting such simplicity in life. Why would she build up something so big and then leave it all behind? Why not? See our problem is we…
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Where are you?
I am here. What time is it? Now. Be Here Now was a concept first introduced to me by one of my teachers, Ram Dass. This concept was introduced to him by his Guru, Neem Karoli Baba. I later heard this reference rephrased in a book called The Way of…