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Pure Life

I stopped writing earlier this year.  It wasn’t intended; it just naturally materialized.  My passion for writing abated and I found I had nothing that I wanted to share with anyone.  For that matter, I didn’t think I knew anything that was worth sharing. Que será, será, to the year 2021.  Whatever will be will […]

The Crooked Path

ॐ When she was a young girl, she never quite fit in.  She tried, until she didn’t.  Something inherently hidden deep inside of her knew that she was never supposed to be fully accepted.  She walked with a limp which never endeared her to other children.  The limp’s origins, at first mysterious, manifested after she […]

The Heist

(The following is an excerpt from the book We’ll Always Have Paris) “My phone is missing!” Adi said as we exited Notre Dame. We were now officially into hour two of knowing each other, and Adi had become the victim of a time-honored tradition when visiting Paris.  She was pickpocketed—faster, maybe, than anyone in the […]

The Little Red Book

ॐ The cover was torn; the edges were tattered.  Everyone wondered what was so precious inside Rumi’s little red book.  Those who took notice of her would see her jotting notes furiously in the book, completely absorbed in her own thoughts.  No one thought to ask her about it.  Instead, people told stories about the […]

The Fisherman

ॐ When she was a very young girl, Rumi seldom left her mother’s side.  Rumi simply called her, “Ma.”  On one occasion in her early life, she was separated from Ma in the marketplace of Nazare amongst the hordes of people trying to buy goods and provisions.  For two hours, she searched for Ma while […]

Flying (Number 6)

Flying symbolizes that we have a strong intellect, which we can use to mentally rise above our problems. The dream’s purpose is to get us to see our issues from a higher perspective and thereby allowing us to heal whatever is no longer serving us. This is why we almost always feel exhilarated upon waking […]

Taking Exam (Number 5)

Taking an exam in a dream is a very positive omen. It means you are ready to move from one state of consciousness to another. Your awareness has increased to such an extent that your higher-self is giving you the green light to move to the next stage. If you are considering starting a new […]

Naked (Number 4)

Being Naked… When we are naked in a dream our subconscious is asking us to be ourselves with regards to the subject matter of the dream.  Don’t “dress” things up out of fear and instead be your true essential self—we come into this world in our “birthday suit” and it societal programming and mores that […]

Pure Life

Costa Rica whispers from afar.  Not everyone hears her call but those that do are generally transfixed by her enchanting beauty and charm.  For those inclined to be open, this Central American country is a spiritual portal that offers access to the Divine Wisdom of the Universe; it offers the promise of a Pure Life […]

Kirtan Kriya

When I seriously considered meditating roughly five years ago, I really had no idea how to begin a practice.  I had heard about the importance of meditation but for me it just didn’t seem practical.  I tried meditating when I was 25 years old and my idea at the time was that meditation meant going […]