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Tottering in Emptiness.

Posted on 07/02/2019 by Michael Gray
Sitting one morning recently, watching my breath, watching thoughts and feelings, something occurred to me: that when I die, I’ll be leaving more emptiness...
Passages Balance

Imbalance: an Inner Disharmony

Posted on 01/23/2019 by Michael Gray
My work environments for several decades have been places where there were more women than men. Sometimes this has been remarkably one-sided. True, I’m...
Companions in Time Balance, men, Mother Earth, women, work

Penelope’s Spinning Wheels

Posted on 06/29/2018 by Michael Gray
One of the oddest images in Homer’s “Odyssey” is of Odysseus’ incredibly faithful wife weaving all day and unravelling each night, a garment which...
A Creative Non-Fiction about TSK Balance, Boris Pasternak, Creationism, Evolution, Homer, Iliad, Kindly Bent to Ease Us, Kogi, Longchenpa, mindfulness, New Mexico Parkinson's Coalition, Odyssey

Why a Bird has two Wings

Posted on 12/12/2017 by Michael Gray
The phrase (“Wisdom and Compassion are like the two wings of a bird”) expresses an important message for our fragmented times. This Buddhist saying...
Companions in Time Balance, behavior, compassion, emotions, the US Senate, wisdom, women in Congress

Balancing on a Slowly Sinking Fulcrum

Posted on 12/05/2017 by Michael Gray
I expect that the tug-of-war I often feel—between inner and outer calls for me to be involved in something—is a common one. There is...
Timely Aging Balance, inner, interest, outer, passion, the world

Bridges Made of Dream

Posted on 12/13/2016 by Michael Gray
Lying in bed, I realized that I was either just waking up or still inside some kind of dream. In the dream–let’s call it...
Timely Aging air, Balance, bridges, compassion, dreams, Earth, embodying, fire, joy, loving kindness, Noble Eightfold Path, sharing, sleep, understanding, water

Balance is a Movement in Space and Time

Posted on 04/19/2016 by Michael Gray
Discovering a healthy balance in how we feel and act seems to be an on-going challenge. As soon as we think we have found...
Timely Aging aging, Balance, compassion, exercise, faith, flexibility, Franz Kafka, hope, joy, love, stamina, strength, writing
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