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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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Human Doings

Human beings have become human doings. And in our doings, we hide. We are hiding from what is. Beneath every habit, beneath every relationship, lies some fear, some sadness, some personal responsibility, which we are running from. Which we are avoiding.

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