Essays along the margins
It is interesting that, in a country whose infrastructure is far less consistently developed than that of our own digital nation, I had far greater success in posting thoughts and impressions to this journal than I do now that I am home. Part of it is, of course, that the sheer volume of experiences, their …
Look: this beautiful dream.
I find in my readings that many of the experiences I have had, many of the thoughts to which I have been exposed — to which I have exposed myself — along my seeking path, have been spoken before. Some of them in ancient texts, whose context and imagery demand a certain patience and quiet …
Manny asked: "What do you wish to gain from this travel?" I struggled for a moment to find an answer — everywhere I looked inside of my heart I could find nothing that I wished to add to my life. How often do we fall into an old habit: the search for what is missing? …
Typhoid 0.5cc IM. Tetanus 0.5cc IM. Hepatitis A 1cc IM. Polio 0.5cc IM. Mefloquine Hydrochloride 1/1 week. When you travel from the United States to other areas of the world, you are strongly advised to renew your boosters: a couple of days of discomfort to stave off life-threatening or life-shorting diseases endemic to your destination. …
If you haven’t been amazed at least once today, you haven’t been paying attention.
One aspect of travel I greatly enjoy is the rush of colors and smells and sounds, the intense (and sometimes forced) awakening of what may have become complacent senses. The teaching of Buddhist Tantra is a realization that you are not an isolated chuck of matter, not part of a duality (you vs everything else), …
Early yogic and other Asian traditions gave great attention to inner space. It was the science of that day, and like the science of any other day, it was a human attempt to understand the nature of existence, employing the clearest and most powerful tools available. The closest subject, and the one which yielded the …