When I was a child, I dreamed of something completely out of reach. Every spare moment I had was devoted to lucid and nighttime dreams of the day I would be a writer. In my naïve way, I believed that when one became an adult, dreams magically became reality. And that...
“Whenever people gather to play the drum, the whole world is a better place” ~ Babatunde Olatenji In the mystic woman’s womb room We sit in a circle With the sound of the beat Our energies mingle We drum for ourselves We drum for each other We drum for the ones Whose...
“Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex.” ~ Havelock Ellis Do you think about sex all the time? Walk around dreaming up scenarios of how, with whom, how often? Do you get asked: “Is sex all you ever...
We chose each other, on a morning that began with silent raindrops on our window pane. Together forever it seems, our bodies in an intimate embrace, curled against each others hearts. Our breath flowing between us as if there was only one—suspended when we kissed,...
“Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it’s a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self-inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of...
“What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen. ~ Henry David Thoreau This quote is found in the preface of a wise book entitled ‘The Life You Were...
