Rumi Returns to Santa Barbara
Until the gem surrendered itself, when did it ever become a jewel set into a ring? – Mathnawi V:1945 Wings of the Soul: An Inward Journey with Rumi Facilitated […]
Category Archives: Compassion
Winner of Most Inspiring Film – To The Rescue
The other voters agreed with me. The story of my BFF helping a young girl follow her dream was the most inspiring film in the Always Give A Girl A […]
A Story About My BFF
Girls Rising demonstrated how educating a girl not only empowers her, but her schooling reverberates outward affecting her family and the whole community. The film highlighted seven girls from outside […]
Dancing to Turn One Billion Upside Down
I lived in Los Angeles when I saw Eve Ensler’s play, the Vagina Monologues. It was back in 1996 after she won her Obie Award. Since then, around the globe, […]
Divine Intervention – House With A Heart
Part of my practice is learning to listen when Divinity whispers in my ear or sends me a sign, coaxing me to act. An email from my friend Aarti landed […]
Kind and True Words
My mother, my 10-year old daughter, and I visited the Shambhala Mountain Center. We waited until the lone monk finished her prayers in the stupa before we sat for a […]
My Own Worst Enemy
Mahatma Gandhi jokingly described himself as his own worst enemy. “I have only three enemies. My favorite enemy, the one most easily influenced for the better, is the British Empire. […]
What good is it?
The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or a plant: “What good is it?” – Aldo Leopold
The Cosmic Grape 