Solstice; Embracing Darkness and Returning Light

One afternoon Jamie was playing in his backyard. He was riding a broom pretended that it was a horse. He was having a wonderful time and rode the broom until it was getting dark. He left the broom on the back porch and went inside. A while later, his mother noticed...

What Kind of Man are You?

A woman who lived next door to a preacher was puzzled by his personality change. At home he was shy, quiet and retiring, but in the church he was a powerful orator, rousing the masses with force and confidence. It was as if he were two different people. One day she...

Fear

  I have an irrational fear of over-designed buildings. It’s a complex complex complex. The swordfish has no natural predators to fear…….except the penfish, which is said to be even mightier. What is the fear of giants called? Fee-fi-phobia. I...

9/11 Reflection

The attacks didn’t really come out of nowhere. Soviet invasion ofAfghanistan, US armament of the rebels that became Al-Qaida, westerncarved borders foisted upon Arab populations, US – Israelrelations all played a part of why groups of religious...

Readings for ”Is Enlightenment Desirable?”

1. “At the moment of his awakening at the foot of the bodhi tree, theBuddha declared, “How strange—all beings possess the capacity to beawakened, to understand, to love, to be free—yet they allow themselvesto be carried away on the ocean of suffering.” He saw that day...