Better Living

Stop!

One of my favorite places for brunch in New York City is the French restaurant “Buvette” on Grove Street in the West Village. It’s a tiny…

The Dreamer

I was in a deep sleep, suddenly woke up, but somehow I knew that I was still sleeping and managed to wake up in my dream. How did I know? Well I was having a vivid dream that seemed to be going on and on. In my dream I was wondering when I was going to wake up because, despite sleeping, I seemed to have a…

Carajo Land

If I am truly mad, then being mad is the only reality that I have ever known.What would it be like to be sane I wonder? The fantasies…

Spiritual Partnerships

My second wife Abigail introduced me to the concept of “Spiritual Partners,” as taught by Geshe Michael Roach, the Tibetan Buddhist teacher who was the first American to receive the Geshe degree at Sera Monastery in Tibet. The basic principle is that each of us creates the entire world…

Ding Moments

A series of coincidences led me to thinking about the concept of time. Just before Christmas, my divine Goddess and wife Alexandra…

The Body is the Temple of the Lord

Bel Air!

“Going on to Better Shit!”

Sacred Cows

I have a tremendous love and respect for the shaman Don Diego. He and Mother Vine guided me through a treacherous passage of my life where I subconsciously but willingly- although never fully realizing to what extent it would entail- consented to be unraveled, discombobulated, dismantled, deconstructed and…

Wiley E. Coyote