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It’s Thanksgiving. That stirs old memories. Times of friends long gone, times of family long gone, times of communities long gone. It tastes of sorrow and of loss. It’s a longing for another breath in one of those memories. Those memories patina with age. Some parts are dulled, others shine. Most are forgotten. Those offer…

The Great Mystery… that is what they call it. Zen Roshis, Tibetan Lamas, Purvian Shaman.They all carry it and offer it to others. Could you guess what it is without being told?Maybe you could guess what it isn’t. It isn’t The Mundane Known.It isn’t walking through life seeing the same routine day after day.It isn’t…

(8/16/22)You’ve been dreaming of truth.Of the little sliver of shared reality between you and another soul. Words have power.What is sought becomes what is found. We are all sacred mirrors. With a clear heart and spacious mind we can see ourselves in those around us.With a clear heart and spacious mind we can see outside…

You’ve been thinking on surrender. It’s the surrender of who you were, of what you thought you were.It’s the surrender of an old unreciprocated love seen across a park. It’s the surrender of self criticism. It’s the housekeeping of your heart.It’s the letting go of all that no longer serves.It’s the discovery of boundless space….

There is a way forward. There is always a way. What you’ve learned is that there are many trails. There are many layers to reality. There are many truths you can embrace when you walk. You’re a ghost piloting a skeleton wrapped in a meat suit. You’re a soul.You’re a ball of light.You’re Buddha. You’re…

You meet up with an old friend. They’ve become a medic. You started off with plans to have tea. That’s morphed into going to a pride parade. Children dance in the streets to the drag queens DJs and there smiles everywhere yet you know you are there to support your friends as they would treat…

6/18: You are so used to being self contained. You have spent years on inner work so that you do not have an immediate need to emotionally bleed onto close friends. You no longer consider trauma bonding the root basis of a relationship. Emotional intimacy, yes. Authenticity, yes. But trauma bonding of teens and twenties,…

5/31/22: Since your return to Portland you have been told in so many ways that you have changed. Now at Soak, your regional, your old home, you’ve been told you are living your truth. You’ve been told that your energy is open. Upon seeing you several many offered a kiss on the neck when last…