Tag Archive for: spirituality

Thich Nhat Hanh
commentaryHello friends, Thich Nhat Hanh has died, age 95. His teachings have been very much a part of my spiritual journey. I called my fourth book of poetry "Interbeing," his own term of inter-connectedness, to honor Thich Nhat Hanh's lifetime of work.…

Feeling Fog, Feeling God
PoetryNow that Spring has truly arrived it is wonderful to see all the new season's growth and returning beauty. By the Oconee there can still be cool morning fog, reminding me that life still has its mysteries no matter how much brain-power I use trying to understand it.

Between Buddha and Pan
Poetry
Hi friends,The beginning of another week brings new opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and think about one's part in the universe. Especially in these difficult times it is important to balance thoughts of hope and despair, to puzzle over…

The secular and the sacred
commentaryIn 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
PoetrySpirituality 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.