The Heartbeat of Praise Posted on 02/15/2017 by Michael Gray “And may mind, wearied and weakened In this fictitious being so full of karmic actions and emotions, today find comfort and ease.” “Kindly Bent...
Democracy is Such a Fine Idea Posted on 01/10/2017 by Michael Gray “Without withdrawing into blankness, we can let go of our reliance on words and language, name and form. We can touch the nameless and...
The Day has Come Posted on 11/22/2016 by Michael Gray “The recognition of not-understanding is the opening to understanding.” Revelations of Mind, p219 It seems that we all search for a place in the...
Longing to Belong Posted on 11/02/2016 by Michael Gray I had trouble sleeping last night and I tried a technique I learned years ago—designed to build a bridge between waking and sleeping consciousness....
Blocked Drains and Open Roads Posted on 09/06/2016 by Michael Gray There are so many areas of life where I assume that I am powerless. Sometimes I just have to call an expert, if I’m...
Aesop’s Animals. Posted on 08/10/2016 by Michael Gray The dodo and the dinosaurs have moved on, but Aesop’s Ant and Grasshopper will never die, as long as there are doers and dreamers....
Stranger Than Fiction Posted on 06/21/2016 by Michael Gray Most of us are proud of our hard-won life in modern society. It is indeed quite astonishing that we can maintain any kind of...
The Infinite Unique Posted on 04/27/2016 by Michael Gray Last Saturday morning I watched a film that had both a uniquely personal impact (reminding me of important influences in my life) and universal...
Stories We Tell Ourselves Posted on 03/23/2016 by Michael Gray “For example, viewed as a ‘border phenomena’, ‘shadow’ at once brings into play the dynamic interaction of ‘light’ and ‘opaque substance’. Again, psychology can...
Dialogue is not a One Way Street Posted on 03/15/2016 by Michael Gray A geometry of communication came into my mind the other morning. I was thinking about how a book, written by a local author who...