Doors of Remembrance Posted on 01/31/2022 by Michael Gray “By learning to contact the essence of our being, we can discover an unbounded freedom, which is not only a freedom from some external...
Aftermaths and Precursors Posted on 04/04/2021 by Michael Gray Ah, the before and the after! How have they managed to crowd out my awareness of my feelings and my freedom to ponder the...
The Four Immeasurables Posted on 04/20/2020 by Michael Gray This morning a phrase came back to me while I was sitting for my morning 30 minutes, in what I call meditation but which...
A Bird on the Wing Posted on 02/18/2020 by Michael Gray I always took Kafka’s phrase, “A bird went in search of a cage,” as referring to the human tendency to feel anxious with too...
Love Letter to the Present Moment Posted on 07/30/2019 by Michael Gray I wish you were here. It’s hard to really enjoy myself without you. I try to be open to your presence but my mind...
Can We Trust What We Know? Posted on 04/02/2019 by Michael Gray There is a certain kind of knowledge that has risen to the top of the knowledge food chain in our world. This kind of...
We’re all in this Together Posted on 07/19/2018 by Michael Gray I love the feeling of being ‘inside’ and in the midst of everything. However, when I am inside an observing self with everything I...
The Story of My Irrelevance Posted on 07/03/2018 by Michael Gray “We appear to be cut off, restricted to a single sphere and totally accounted for therein. And certainly, the ‘us’ of this ordinary level...
My Bubble World Posted on 04/25/2018 by Michael Gray “Thoughts may arise like bubbles in a stream of water, but we are intent on entering the thought’s ‘bubble world’. From within that world...
An Unanticipated Trip. Posted on 03/22/2018 by Michael Gray A man, who for several years hasn’t driven outside the radius that holds his grocery store and a few favorite restaurants, is planning a...