Living the Question Blog

“There ain’t no answer. There ain’t going to be any answer. There never has been an answer.     That’s the answer.”

– Gertrude Stein

Your Imagination

Your Imagination

Your imagination is the single most important asset you possess. It's your power to create mental pictures of things that don't exist yet...

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It chose me for a while

It chose me for a while

a honeyed tang arrives a consoling gusto a dreamy grace as if consigned to our care for a brief embrace not to be cradled or hoarded only...

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What’s Not Here

What’s Not Here

I start out on this road, call it love or emptiness. I only know what's not here: resentment seeds, back-scratching greed, worrying about...

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Let Me Remind  You

Let Me Remind You

Let me remind you who you really are: You're an immortal freedom fighter who longs to liberate all sentient creatures from their...

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My Life to Live Over

My Life to Live Over

I'd like to make more mistakes next time.  I'd relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip.  I would take more...

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Re-Branding God

Re-Branding God

"Philosopher Robert Anton Wilson proposed that the single greatest contribution to world peace would come from there being over six...

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A Yogi’s Welcome

A Yogi’s Welcome

Please allow your stories to be left at the door with your shoes. You may pick them up if you really want them on your way back out. They...

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I Hope You Dance

I Hope You Dance

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder You get your fill to eat But always keep that hunger May you never take one single breath for...

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All about feeling good…

All about feeling good…

"Find thoughts that feel good, because it is inevitable that you are going to always be moving toward something. So why not be moving...

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….Even your buddhahood

….Even your buddhahood

........Decades ago my friend and mentor, Swami Venkates, came to visit me in Los Angeles. He always liked to meet sages and spiritual...

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Embody…..

Embody…..

Embody the soul in solstice honor the greet in greetings swim In this sea of seasons imagine the world with a garland of clasped hands...

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Pain

Pain

Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences but shouts in our pains. It is his...

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Impossible things…

Impossible things…

"There's no use trying," said Alice; "One can't believe impossible things."  "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. ...

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The World is Like a Ride

The World is Like a Ride

“The world is like a ride at an amusement park.  And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that’s how powerful our...

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Just when I doubted

Just when I doubted

Just when I doubted myself, Just when I bout gave up A light shone thru. Scathes my lack of intention Attacks my dullard fears Presses me...

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People Who Hate Astrology

People Who Hate Astrology

People who hate astrology assert that consulting a horoscope column or getting a reading from a professional astrologer is not a sound...

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Just For Now

Just For Now

Just for now, without asking how, let yourself sink into stillness. Just for now, lay down the weight you so patiently bear upon your...

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