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Tanking Experience

Tanking Experience

Today I went tanking down in Ohio.  It was a typical Samadhi isolation tank and I spent an hour in it.  The only way I could describe floating in Epsom salt water would be … well … floating in Epsom salt water.  I think everyone should try it once and see...
The Day the Music …

The Day the Music …

Our organist and choirmaster, Jean Touhy, got a rewarding job offer to work at a church in Chicago.  Since 2001, she worked with Merry and I as part of the “small group choir” we called The Schola Cantorum.  Our last singing mass was 10am on Sunday, and we...

Childhood Statue

I grew up with a statue of the Infant of Prague on my nightstand, which when we moved to where we live now was placed on my daughter’s nightstand.  It was a little worn these last few years … a nick here, a chip there, and the loosely placed crown (on top...

The Talk

I got a call today from an old friend, who asked me to talk to their daughter.  She wanted to know how to “find herself” and I was the person who came to mind to answer such a thing.  It caught me off guard at first, and I floundered around about...

Compassion is a Strange Thing

Reading all the confrontational (read “nasty”) posts on a news group I frequent, I became aware of a strange feeling when meditating upon the people there.  Some of these people could be described by bystanders as they describe each other: dysfunctional,...