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Alone

To be alone is to gaze upon a flower

to melt and merge into the preciousness of its rich color and sweet perfume…

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The body is the place of truth

Body sensations are the compass of our lives. There is nothing esoteric or transcendent about this embodied spirituality. In fact, it is so human and so deeply ordinary that I spent a great majority of my spiritual pursuit ignoring it. It doesn’t feel mystical or divine, but it is the truth…

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Solitary Confinement

West Virginia has been the biggest grace of my life. My solitary confinement. The biggest fear of every human being: no community, no friends, no distractions, no job, nowhere to turn, nowhere to hide from myself…

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Kali Ma

At first glance, she is dark and fearful. At first glance, she is gruesome, with her necklace of severed heads and belt of severed arms. But, for the first time, I really see her…

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Nip/Tuck

Do you gaze upon a mountain range and judge its wrinkles and crow’s feet? Do you behold an ancient tree, its branches twisted and knotted, and desire it to be more youthful?

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Endings

Every moment is a death; an ending. Every word uttered flowers only once and is gone forever as soon as it passes your lips…

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