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This is a true story about me and my son, and our Christmas tradition. The story starts when I was a boy. I wrote it years ago for my boy’s sixth birthday, which came right after we planted his first live Christmas tree. He asked about the story the other day as we were decorating, Read the full article…
This weekend I was going through a box of very old music lyrics, songbooks, and such. I found three haiku that I had written probably about 20 years ago during a weekend at Esalen. The print was so faded that I could barely make them out, but here’s what I think they said: The old Read the full article…
Today wildfires are scouring San Diego County. It is no challenge to connect this to global climate change, although there are still idiots on the right who claim that global climate change is a myth. Let’s face it, there are idiots on the right, but also idiots on the left. However, the scales of consciousness Read the full article…
In my last entry I discussed the power of the simple practice of Breathe, Notice, and Allow. It applies in so many ways, and one way has to do with sexual expression. Most of us have learned a kind of goal-directed approach to sex and orgasm. For us men, we learn that sex is sport. Read the full article…
I just heard an NPR story about new research showing the effects of meditation on the body. The researcher was saying that some people are better at meditating than others, and the effects of meditation vary from person to person. Some people just seem to be challenged in doing a meditation practice. As I was Read the full article…
This life we are living is such a precious gift. It is the result of one in a gazillion sperm cells finding that one egg at just the right time, yielding…You! There was probably another sperm swimming neck-and-neck right with your winning sperm, and if the other sperm had won, you would not be here. Read the full article…
Most people have a certain idea about what is supposed to happen when you go to a therapist. We think that the therapist is going to get inside our heads, figure out what’s wrong, and give us advice on how to fix it. They come seeking relationship advice. Actually, many therapists and counselors work that Read the full article…