I spent my life among atheists and have come to the conclusion that it is a life bereft of mystery and richness. Those Yoruba priestess did more to light my way than any atheist has ever done. Similarly, the Zen center and Buddha’s teaching has done more to explain my life than any rationalist text could ever provide. So today, when I woke early this morning feeling powerful from all the positive vibrations in my…
What a lovely reminder that fear is NOT our natural state of being. It is not who we really are. Our work is to unlearn the lie and uncover the truth. (HBW) “Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we have learned here. The spiritual journey is the relinquishment – or unlearning – of fear and the acceptance of love back into our hearts.” – Marianne Williamson
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive. – James A. Baldwin
A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg writer’s block PRONUNCIATION: (RY-tuhrs blok) MEANING: noun: A usually temporary psychological inhibition preventing one from proceeding with a piece of writing. ETYMOLOGY: After the term ‘block’ or ‘blocking’ used to describe obstruction in mental processes resulting in an inability to do a certain task. Earliest documented use: 1950. NOTES: The writer’s block has been described as the situation when your imaginary friends won’t talk to you. But this condition is not…
I woke this morning at 3:45 – the joy of now trying to scramble the details together. Last night, after I was already in bed I received an offer on the house, less than 24 hours before the Open House today. I was able to read the Sunday New York Times that for the first time arrived early enough to do so since Tin came. Before dawn I had a conversation with the bayou and…
I went to sleep last night wondering about the lot – is it meant to be, was I doing all I could to get it? On the way to Zumba, I dropped a letter at the owner of another lot saying I was interested, hedging my bet. When I left Zumba, feeling refreshed and my insides nicely shaken up, I ran into the guy that I want to buy to buy the lot from, the…
Yesterday, was a move forward and a setback in thinking. My therapist said to embrace my friends right now because I will need them, but I’ve found it difficult to do just that because as one told me, the more ears you seek, the more mouths you’ll find. Change rattles people and change is what’s happening. May 2013 would be the 8th year in the LaLa and February 2013 would be five years with Tatjana…
The day started with a blessing, not your usual kind of eyes closing and palms together, but more of nuts rattling in an African marriage blood bowl, cigar smoke sheathing your outer layers, and concoctions of honey, rosemary, holy and sea water, rose petals and “other” things. Whose calling you? Your mama – she wants a candle and her flowers changed. Your corner is blocked. A spirit kicked me in your office. Why are they…
During New Year’s Day lunch Tatjana got the dime. Her year for transformation. I think I’ve done enough, thank you very much. It’s raining outside and cold, a sort of typical New Orleans winter when there is no typical New Orleans winter. Our friends visiting from Spain got to experience 365 days in only four – from humid and hot to cold and rainy. Yesterday, before we left to take our friends to the airport,…