Crossing the Bridge we’re on Posted on 08/31/2020 by Michael Gray We’re always already crossing some bridge, but the bridges we most often notice are in the distance, like mirages in the desert. We imagine...
A Tiny Gate Posted on 08/17/2020 by Michael Gray “Here, at the very ground of becoming, we might find a tiny gate into a way of knowing that is not flat and one-dimensional,...
Feeling at Ease Posted on 07/20/2020 by Michael Gray Standing on the shore, perhaps on a cliff above crashing waves, where even the seagulls and ravens cruise far below, or right there at...
Only Water Posted on 07/06/2020 by Michael Gray The little boy I can’t remember would be dead now but for a neighbor lady who, according to a newspaper article in the Barre,...
Fire and Water, June 24th. Posted on 07/01/2020 by Michael Gray As I prepared to flip my calendar from June 2020 to July, I saw that Wednesday, June 24, is still a holiday in Quebec,...
Summertime, Summertime. Posted on 06/20/2020 by Michael Gray On this the first day of summer, I’m wondering why nothing seems to be arising to greet the solstice. Spring comes with a calling...
Vision or Delusion Posted on 06/13/2020 by Michael Gray How can we tell the difference between wishful thinking and authentic aspiration? How do we recognize when we’ve found something that can help us...
Singing to the Choir Posted on 04/15/2020 by Michael Gray I had an experience this weekend, which I suspect that I inflict on others all the time: treating my personal perspectives as if they...
What the Windmill Knows Posted on 03/17/2020 by Michael Gray Breath is the highway and also the blowing wind. And as the tumbleweeds tumble head over heels along the dusty miles of our time...
A New Year’s Greeting Posted on 12/31/2019 by Michael Gray Our Hard-won Treasure I wonder why this doesn’t feel stranger than it does. Here I am, very early in the world, standing on the...