Joys of New York City: the SACRED story first

Hi friends! Writing from Manhattan, where I’ve come to visit good friends, play with them and others, see some shows, visit some museums, and — deliver my novel “Heart Island” to the  Bellwether Prize! I figured as long as I was coming here, to New York (first time in ages!) I could hand-deliver the manuscript,…

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Too heavy? GET LIGHT! Check out Iam-Iam-Iam.com

Friends, Cutting to the chase for those short-attention-spanners looking to slim down: PLEASE do yourself a favor and check out my new friend Sierra Goodman’s website that is dedicated to helping people alter their self-image and shed the old heavy self for the new LIGHT person that’s always been within you. The REAL you. her…

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The Mystery of Life: the Self unveiled

“Things are not what they appear to be” could be a good subtitle of what the blog Lord Flea attempts to do here, by sharing events, experiences, insights and proof of how very little we really know about what this life we have is all about.

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Nudie Beach

Sometimes you just have to laugh. Years ago my consort Carter and I took a vacation down to Playa del Carmen, which in those days, had very few tourists. I challenged Carter to go to the nudie beach that was about a mile out of town, because I wanted him to “loosen up” since nude…

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What do YOU Occupy? Shout about the Big Heart!

A month now, it’s been since the OCCUPY demonstrators first gathered in New York City’s Wall Street, spreading quickly out into many other American cities, and now I hear, the movement is rippling throughout the entire industrialized-complex world. This post I’m dedicating to sharing my personal approach to activism, about how I am very involved…

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Dancing with Dolphins … a true story

♫♪ ♪♫♪ It’s wintertime when I go on a short visit to friends in Florida. Equipped with my trusty neoprene wetsuit, I stop on the beach before entering the frigid Gulf of Mexico waters off Siesta Key in Sarasota. Since the water temp is below 60 degrees, I have the sea to myself that day.…

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Developing the Willingness to Change

Why do you think the topic of willingness to change comes after Finding the Courage (see the previous Maya post, September 15) instead of before it? I’m asking that to help gather my thoughts. Originally, these chapters-headings came to me in a flash, in quick succession, when I first decided I wanted to write about this…

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Being Openly Who You Are

17 years ago, I was attending Harvard’s Reunion with my husband (he’s class of ’68) that was held during the school’s regular commencement time in late spring. Among the guests of honor was Colin Powell, who at the time was Joint Chief of Staff, the official head of the US Military. To demonstrate the magnanimity…

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Finding the Courage to Change

(this is the 5th installment in “Maya’s Book of Change.” First installment began July 17, 2011) When I found myself at a certain stage of readiness to change, and had come to the end of a long bout of self-destructive behavior that included addiction and hanging with totally inappropriate people, I sought help. Only then,…

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