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Art is a universal language. Through our understanding of that language, we connect ourselves with each other, and come together, even without knowing that we do. It is not one artist who has a great message. By connecting ourselves to each other, we become part of the greatness.

~ Yoko Ono

Me: Hey God.

God: Hey John.

Me: What should I say to somebody who is about to die?

God: The exact same things you should say to everybody else whenever you have a chance.

Me: What’s that?

God:   I love you.

          I love you so.

          I forgive you.

          I’m…

after the war

     we will wring our hands

and wonder how humans

could show so little humanity

to each other

after the war

     we will tie ribbons on trees

and shake our heads whenever we

see pictures of hospitals that were

bombed into inhospitable ruins

after the war

     we…

death is the wildfire

that rips through

the forest of our life

it scorches the ground

it chars the the rocks

it engulfs the trees

death is the fire

that comes to consume

everything…

I'm not afraid

of evil

because

it can only kill

me once

~ but if I stand

against evil

I get to live

100,000 times

oh, Great Spirit,

help…

I am a human, not a robot. A living person on this part of the world, where springtime is about to come. I am longing for the beautiful early evenings, the return of the songbirds, the cranes. The return of hope and life after pandemic.

Winter is about to leave its grip, letting the first snowdrops pop up from the…

Dalai Lama

I am now 86 years old. At the age of 16…

Beloved engaged Buddhist teacher and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away today, at the age of 95.

The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism writes, "our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away peacefully at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at 00:00hrs on 22nd January, 2022, at the age of 95. We invite our global spiritual family to take a few moments to be still, to come back to our mindful breathing, as we together hold Thay in our hearts…

Sat there and drove

Dreamed the car was freshly painted

the world round and good

as the Buddha

The sky through the box was the same color

as a pale slide from the 70's

I was not crazy

Not locked up

Self-chosen loneliness and in it I traveled

Without apology, I drove out through dreamy streets

Captured a thriving…

Painting by Emil Nolde

"You will never know that your soul travels

sweetly sheltered in the depths of my heart,

and that nothing, neither time nor age nor other loves,

It will prevent you from ever existing.

Now the beauty of the world takes your face,

it feeds on your…

The Year of Rumi's poems, translated by Andrew Harvey, is over.

Now, with 350 pages and 33 discussions, we can fully delight you with his poems.

Please enjoy this wonderful offer ... …

The State of Maine just took cottage food laws to the next level.

In addition to being allowed to sell non-perishable jellies, candies and baked goods prepared at home, the citizens of Maine now have a constitutional right to buy, barter or trade foods like raw milk straight from the cow and meat slaughtered in their neighbor’s…

Archbishop Tutu was a shining example of compassion, love and peace. May his graciousness and humanitarian works live on in the minds and hearts of all those who advocate for peace in the world.

Desmond Mpilo Tutu

His Excellence Desmond Tutu gone to his pure land of Jesus on this…

May I be a guard for those who need protection

A guide for those on the path

A b...oat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood

May I be a lamp in the darkness…

Today is the anniversary of the day we lost John Lennon, at the age of far too young. I have long been inspired by his unique combination of musical artistry, compassion, brilliance, straight up truth telling (just gimme some truth) and rebellion. Here's a great article with the last interview he ever conducted, as he began to re-emerge from his hiatus, time he spent focussed on raising his son, Sean, the years of "watching the wheels go round and round...no longer riding on the…

David Gould

"We are at our best when we serve others.” “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…

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here is a little gallery to honor the Wild Turkey - a spectacular bird, especially when you have a chance to see it it good light that highlights its iridescent feathers. All photos are from my back woods in Massachusetts.…

Photo: Jackson, Mississippi circa 1935

“The Negro Mother”  by Langston Hughes

Children, I come back today

To tell you a story of the long dark way

That I had to climb, that I had to know

In order that the race might live and grow.

Look at my face…

The body is like a November birch facing the full moon...reaching into the cold heavens. In these trees there is no ambition, no sodden body, no leaves,

Nothing but bare trunks climbing like cold fire...

It is a joy to walk in the bare woods...The moonlight is not broken by the heavy leaves.

The leaves are down, and…