by Admin | May 30, 2010 | Children, fiction, Leela's Gift, meditation
Below you will find a photo of peonies that bloomed in my garden this morning. For some reason this is a once in three years occurrence so I greet each bloom with excitement. They are among the most beautiful peonies I have seen, and the scent is intoxicating. I have...
by Admin | Apr 18, 2010 | Children, creativity, high school, human rights, meditation, mind structure, young adults
On April 7, PBS broadcast a two-hour documentary “Buddha” a journey through the life and times of the historical Buddha who lived in north eastern Indian two thousand five hundred years ago. The documentary is also an introduction to his teachings. One of...
by Admin | Mar 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
I saw a robin today as I walked across campus, a harbinger of spring to come. In a flower bed in front of my home office window there are a host of white and green snowdrops emerging from under those leaves that were not swept away last fall. My heart leaps at the...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2010 | Children, college, creativity, Generation E, high school, meditation, mind structure, Parenting, reconciliation, young adults
This weekend I had some discussion with a high-level member of an organization that focuses on reconciling differences between Israeli settlers and Israeli Arabs. Old feuds and resentments run deep. Who took whose land from whom? We can go back thousands of years...
