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Ancestral Grief

Once again ancestral grief rears it’s pain again through me. If you’ll recall from a recent post about bringing some of my mother’s ashes to rest with her first husband Joe at a military graveyard in France, I discovered then how much grief I can carry for something that I have not personally suffered, but […]

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Ready to Sing Halelujah!

I’m floating. It’s amazing being back here in the United States.  Didn’t expect to feel this way, but here it is and here I am.  And it really has very little or nothing to do with the fact that it is the United States.  It’s really me within the US.  I feel in a way […]

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The Pilgrimage Continues

Tomorrow I’ll be heading off to somewhere, I think the place is called Karur, near Trichy. I went to visit my sadhu friend Shiv (Sivarama) this evening and he invited me to join he and about 10 other Sadhus on a trip where they’ve been invited. He said sometimes, when there is some special ceremony […]

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Babies

I want a baby. I spent the past 5 days or so with my buddy Evan in Santa Fe where he moved with his girlfriend Vivian and their 19 month old girl Evie. While there, I got to play Mr. Mom with Evan and it was wonderful. You know, I love my cat Hookie, but […]

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True Will, False Will, Trust and External Support

I’m still intrigued by the concept of Support and what it really means, and where it’s really supposed to come from. There is something that some people refer to as “False Will,” which basically means an internal sense of capacity/strength which develops as a practical substitute for a true internal capacity which is otherwise lacking. […]