Drinking From the Source: How People of Different Faiths Can Get Along.
Institutionalized religion often forges psychological chains to keep us bound and in subjection, to keep us separate from one another.
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temple
Dare to Be Too Much: Lessons 2020 Taught Me.
Each one of these invitations to dare was shaped by a year that called all of us to care more than we’ve been accustomed to.
The Labyrinth: A Series of Art. {Part Nine: Our Body, Our Temple}
Make joy your priority. Life is too heavy to not make it so, because it’s the body that suffers when we do not take this into account.
Daring to Grieve Together: A Response to Death in the Tree of Life.
I want this daring to slow down amidst chaos... to reach for one another to say, “Hello, I am here, I don’t have the answer, but I will stand with you.”
Losing My Innocence. {poetry}
Unlike losing my virginity...
I lost my innocence in the desert
amongst 100,000 people,
but in a sacred temple of sharing
with one.
The Holy Temple Gates. {poetry}
May you know the holy through the songs of climax and ecstasy
And my love, let us remember,
Not to lose ourselves in ceremony
Lamplighter Wallah, I Am Forever in Your Debt.
I remember the lamplighter on the river Ganges in India. Every evening for over 50 years, this man has lit the lamps along the Ghats.
I Just Turned 40, And I’m Ready To Honor The Gifts From My Age.
I'm honoring this temple I live in by dusting and decluttering every room, getting rid of any regrets and resentments. Just watch me reach the 50s walking like a queen. The one who defeated shame and guilt for her empire.
15 Years In India, 15 Reasons To Stay… Or Run.
Don’t bring yourself to India, find yourself here. Too many times I’ve seen those who come here and intend, plan, determine, or vow. It’s a waste of time. Let your Indian self be found here, and let your western self highlight it: don’t try and westernize everything. Just flow.