The erotic burns images into our souls. Or does it simply mirror them? This may happen unexpectedly when an image, word or sound ignites a deep feeling entirely out of the blue. It takes us by utter surprize; the body reacts without the mind’s interference, and we know it is a pure and ancient event.
I’ll introduce myself as this is my first post to this innovative publication. I’ve been a mindful educator for several decades, working at the university level worldwide, and, more latterly,
He stands dark by the train door. She notices his darkness and registers that this is a crucial moment somehow. She excuses herself by putting her brief case down on
My father was always silent. He never told me about his feelings or his life. As a child, he never enriched my powers of imagination by sharing the pictures of his mind. I always thought he didn’t share them because they didn’t exist, and so, as his heir, his ticket for the family line, I failed to find my own pictures…………..
You seem thrilled to meet again, though I cannot be sure. Nothing’s certain here regarding feelings; faces and eyes are no gage. You’re busy reading the air as we greet each other
A young woman flees from war into a foreign country. She has no money or way of earning any, so she sleeps in the marketplace on a doorstep, washing in
Ancient Indians, like the Aborigines of Australia and Japanese Shintoists, believed wholly in the supernatural and the natural world. They especially envied the characteristics of some animals. The peacock was
Crawling alien — wet belly down, chafed and chapped skin, no claws or fur to protect an exposed white membrane. The hillside quietly drinks from snowmelt, roots peeping up as
Have you ever experienced real, unconditional joy? Have you every been completely certain of something? Have you ever been totally committed to someone or something other than yourself? Have you ever
What can we learn from those deprived of fully or normally functioning senses about accessing other ways of being? How can we avoid the domination of visual processing, the consequent
