Light-heart, Laugher, and Lots of Chocolate: magical ingredients
To laugh is to live! Did you know that infants (according to scientific studies) have no ability to discern between the sound and “look” of an adult laughing or crying? Check it out for yourself. Take a picture of yourself laughing and see how similar you appear as when you are very sad, on the…
Read MoreNever Give UP! There’s Always Hope
I was talking to some friends the other day, and for a change the conversation was not about bin Laden’s killing, but another cause for unease felt by many citizens of South America (where these two friends originally happened to be from). Both men were ex-pats living in America for many years, having given up…
Read Morebin Laden’s Demise: How We Can Feel About It as Enlightened Folk
A lot of people in the so-called “spiritual-enlightened” community seem to be not happy about other people’s rejoicing over the assassination of the long-sought mass-murderer bin Laden. I find this a curious thing and want to share a few thoughts about the subject. Concerning violence and aggression, especially war and decisions coming from our U.S.…
Read MoreChange: the only constant in life
As a serious devotee of the Book of Change, the Chinese I Ching, which I have been using as a mathematically-attuned capturer of the-present-moment and a source of ancient wisdom since teenage years, the one and only thing I do know for certain is: change always happens. look at the weather! look at politics! look…
Read MoreMake an authentic and tantalizingly delicious papaya Costa Rican “batido,” a fruit smoothie with protein
Batido de fruta fresca al modo costaricense: First you have to find a REALLY GOOD protein powder to use. I prefer Whey over Soy, but this is my preference. Just experiment and most importantly, make sure it doesn’t contain too much, or no sugar at all. I prefer vanilla flavor, but chocolate will do and…
Read MoreEverything aglow coming from the muck below
some of you may know that i’ve been writing a book. and some of you might know that i’ve been trying to get published through the customary means of approaching agents, publishing editors, etc. etc. And maybe some of you also know how darn hard that happens to be these days. Of course: Everyone wants…
Read MoreMove on dot borg
Keeping things fresh and always new. The mind always open. The body always flexible and healthy. The soul satisfied, or working towards that. If we find ourselves in a stagnation of some sort — it’s time to make some motion, some movement, a note of improvement. This kind of “self inquiry” keeps us supple, content…
Read MoreThinking Outside the Box
My thoughts have been centered on just that lately — how to think, and then, act! — by expanding my awareness of how things really are, outside the box. This effort has been thrust upon me by a series of events in my own life — but each and every one of us, and collectively…
Read MoreFrom Impetuous Piggy to Inspired Muse — oh yeah!
Raising pigs as a kid on my grandparents’ farm in New Jersey, I was fascinated with their tenaciousness in all things, whether rooting out the last little bit of food left in their pen or vying for attention whenever I came to visit them in their muddy spot. The ways of these pigs was fascinating…
Read MoreThe Formidable Force of Nature
All of us need the most protection we can muster right now. So much is happening around this blue planet of ours. Diasters, wars, oppression, economic hardships, interpersonal conflicts and hostilities, ecological pollution and toxic epidemics — surely, in every arena of earthly life we are being tested, BIG time! The era we are in…
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