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...
Preface (preliminary draft) Posted on 02/15/2018 by Michael Gray I have to ask myself why I imagine I can write a book about the TSK vision—introduced to the world with the publication in...
Mr. X and Mrs. G. Posted on 10/24/2017 by Michael Gray I don’t think often of Mr. Escobar, but he came to mind a few days ago when my writing group spent 12 minutes riffing...