December 2007
MacBook Pro - Too Much To Ask For?
!( was talking to a friend about something I want last night. It is a large expense and one I would not normally lavish upon myself when I can so easily think…
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December 2007
The Trail
> I wrote this one February 25, 1994, I just thought I would post it to show how my style has or has not changed; you decide. One word of warning though, it is…
December 2007
Atalanta’s Quest, Part One
For a timeless moment she stood there, swaying to and fro, dizzy, and disoriented. Her toes dug into warm sand and she could feel a gentle breeze upon her…
November 2007
Nightmare
!( group, ten or more of us, walked in silence under the beech trees. The sun was low in the sky and the shadows where coming at strange angles, making it look…
November 2007
Wonderlane in Nepal
!( friend, Wonderlane, is on retreat in Nepal right now and will be there for a while to come. We have shared a few emails back and forth, but last night she…
November 2007
Two Billion A Month
During the late news last night they reported that the US is spending about two billion dollars a month on the war against terror. I sat there for a moment and…
November 2007
The Trial of Jyoti: Part 1
![]( "tumblr_m0vvz1XOWQ1roju5wo1_500")He sat there, watching the judge for what seemed like an eternity. He could feel the minutes slipping away, minutes that…
November 2007
A Code of Conduct for My Family
This is a list of thoughts, actions and ways. It is written to help you, and all of us to be kinder, more compassionate people. I believe that our job in this…
October 2007
Reiki II
This Sunday I will be giving Reiki treatments at an event here in Oklahoma City. I am excited and nervous about the whole situation; will the people line up to…
October 2007
Turning Chinese
This might be the most important posting you ever read on my blog; and it is only a link to another blog. Before I send you there I wanted to share my…
October 2007
Yogis of Tibet
I recently found the movie The Yogis of Tibeton Stage6. It is a documentary about the Himalayan kingdom of Tibet and her Buddhist and Bon yogis. You can watch…
October 2007
New Site, Old Content
With a lot of help from ( we are up and running on WordPress 2.3. I have had a blog on Blogger for a while now and I grew itchy for some of the functionality…
October 2007
All The Colors of the Rainbow
A few days ago I left my house, driving to work, and the world was full of bright sunshine and blue skies. Before I had driven a mile I was looking at a solid…
October 2007
The Saffron Revolution Will Be Televised
There is much pain and suffering in the world on a daily and ongoing basis. I try not to dwell on the suffering, but there are things that we cannot ignore,…
October 2007
Ideas That Drive Us
I recently wrote that ideas can change us at the very core of who we are. I was on ( last night and I watched the below ( by ( which reinforced that idea…
October 2007
Healing This Reality
This one may be too squishy and goody-goody for some of you. It might sound too 'out there' and too 'new age' for most of us stoic westerners, but it resonates…
September 2007
The 4 Reminders and Buddhist Books
A while back I read some articles on the Four Reminders and they made a lot of sense to me. They are the a way to think about ourselves and our place in the…
September 2007
Dreams May Tell Us
For the last two nights I have had interesting dreams. Two nights ago: > I was on the rocky beach of a fast moving, dark water river. The water was that lush,…
September 2007
Children's Stories
I tell my children a lot of stories. Some of them are good, some are about Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the 100 Acre Wood. I tell the story very…
September 2007
White Tara comes to Oklahoma City
( came back to Oklahoma City this past weekend for another Dharma Talk at ( He mainly spoke about the ( compassion and understanding. Toward the end of the…