Different shades of empathy
About Ira Rabois
Firing Colbert From ‘The Late Show’ and Stealing Our Freedoms From Us
How deep does this Now go into that Later?
How deep does this Now go into that Later?
Freeing Ourselves From Fixations, Opening to Joy
The Paradox of Sky, The Revelation of Breath
The Paradox of Sky, The Revelation of Breath
One Step: The Fight We’ve Been Given
This is the struggle we’ve been given. It’s awful.
This is the struggle we’ve been given. It’s awful.
When Our ‘Wanting’ Wants the Wanting to Never Cease
When we are present we feel more powerful and are less likely to be manipulated.
May I be happy…. Like so many of my friends and neighbors, I sometimes feel that to spend any length of time other than fighting injustice, going to work, dealing with health issues, or caring for others is a waste of time. Having fun can get lost. Fun is fiddling while the earth burns.…
The Mirror That Makes Civilization Possible
The look we give and the one we get in return are two sides of one reality.
The look we give and the one we get in return are two sides of one reality.
If We Can’t Be Silent, How Then Can We Hear Deeply?
Expecting God to send a text.
Expecting God to send a text.
To Better Understand the Echoes of What We Do and Say
What would happen if we felt the rivers of the earth as the veins of our body?
What would happen if we felt the rivers of the earth as the veins of our body?
Being Seen and Being Ready for the Revelation: Healthcare USA, 2026
We in the U. S. are now facing under DT the seemingly intentional undermining of healthcare.
We in the U. S. are now facing under DT the seemingly intentional undermining of healthcare.
Are We Seeing What Happens When the 7 Deadly Sins Rule a Government?
Donald Trump acts as if he were taught the deadly sins as his catechism.
Donald Trump acts as if he were taught the deadly sins as his catechism.
Reflections on the Drive to Know
Reality is more than words and people are not just concepts.
Reality is more than words and people are not just concepts.
Time Tunnels and Meditating Lions
Searching Beyond Memories for Who I Was Then, and Who I’m Being Now
Searching Beyond Memories for Who I Was Then, and Who I’m Being Now
The Example of Minneapolis: Our Needs Are Only One Line in a Song of Everyone’s Needs
The more we come together in solidarity, in our communities, to assert not only our rights, but our compassion and humanity, the more we all benefit.
The more we come together in solidarity, in our communities, to assert not only our rights, but our compassion and humanity, the more we all benefit.
Hitch-Hiking the Unknown: The Intimacy of Night
It’s so hard to look directly at our own aging and to understand it.
It’s so hard to look directly at our own aging and to understand it.
A Dream of a Revitalized Democracy
An image of a conformist state and a vast cemetery of buried selves
An image of a conformist state and a vast cemetery of buried selves
Sometimes, We Want a Do-Over
When We Are Present Enough, Mindful Enough, Maybe Every Moment Will Be Enough
When We Are Present Enough, Mindful Enough, Maybe Every Moment Will Be Enough