Looking back with Mary Oliver and the Buddha

Week 44–in which we look back nine years and are, well, surprised Beautiful Ones, When I offer something—a book, an intensive, a prayer circle—I always go through the experience by myself before I try to talk about it. I didn’t learn this from anyone. Least of all any self-help teachers or books. Indeed, what makes so…

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What’s coming next—and how to prepare

Week 25—in which we get a taste of what’s coming and begin to prepare Beautiful Ones, It has been the most delicious mystical week. Not because of anything happening in the world. Yee gods and goddesses to all of that! The dread I spoke of last Sunday is, if anything, even more intense. The entire world is on…

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