Elder Wisdom: The sacredness of our secular lives

Too many people still think of the secular and the sacred as separate categories. We can make distinctions, but real separation is misleading. We live in one interlinked world.

Reviews for “Chewing Down My Barn”

“Eugene Bianchi’s poems reveal a healthy maladjustment, a holy irreverence which merges insights from a life in academe with Christian, Buddhist, and delightfully agnostic views." - Don Foran, professor and editor

The secular and the sacred

In my writing I have often tried to point to a closer relationship between what we think of as the secular and the sacred. An intimate connection between them is not arbitrary or insignificant. In the first chapter of the Tao Te Ching we are told that the invisible ultimate is present in its everyday manifestations.

Webs of Life

Spirituality has been widely enlarged for me by Buddhist and Daoist insights as well as by Muslim and Christian mystics. The carpenter bees of aging are further clearing the field for me, bringing me down to experience the simplicity of God in every molecule of the universe.

Staying in touch during Covid isolation

The Covid-19 pandemic may be with us for much longer than most of us thought. For the aging and elderly population there are greater challenges to underlying health concerns. Stay in contact with neighbors and friends by telephone and computer -- one of the benefits of our modern age.