Will Smith’s slap and our problem with anger — We are taught that no matter how rudely we are treated, we should not defend ourselves. But there are costs to taking the high road. The by now infamous Oscar slap makes me think about how precarious is the place of anger in society. The dramatic consequences of Will Smith’s…

I found my divine lover and you can too. Are you wondering if divine love is real? And if so, can you attract it? To answer that question, we have to understand that, while relationships operate in the material world, they originate in, and are connected with, a higher reality…

Tools for coping when infirmity and sickness threaten to take over your relationship with your pet — At 7 pm, Annabelle refuses a good-night treat. A little later, we know why — she’s sick with diarrhea. It gets so bad, the only thing coming out is blood. Steven watches over her. I try not to freak out while I do an online search of her symptoms. It…

What our dog dying taught us about love — Three thousand dollars. That’s what the vet estimate says. My partner, Steven, and I are in shock. Honestly, we don’t know how much more we can take. So many bad things have happened since the pandemic started, and the problems keep coming. Kiki, our little poodle, is the sweetest dog…

A prose poem about the interbeing of everything — I wrote this poem to capture the experience of the synesthetic oneness that accompanies the awareness that the phenomenal world arises from the immaterial “ground of all being.” The light of the universe flows through your spirit hands like cupped, sun-dappled water. …

Growing up in show business, I didn’t learn to set boundaries — Looking back, I can see that, growing up in show business, my boundaries were often disrespected or ignored. …

Because, how do we handle all the awful stuff? How can that be divine, too? — This question gets to the heart of the problem for the mystic who writes about the divine. From my real-life mystical experiences and those of my mother before me, I trust that it is true that all is divine, however mysteriously. But what If I’m deluded? I have to give…