Genuine Love

     "All genuine love ... is based on the possibility the beloved offers to the lover for a fuller unfolding of his own being by being-in-the-world with her."                      Medard Boss

     "For the first time in history, the relations between men and women lack clear guidelines, supportive family networks, a religious context, and a compelling social meaning."

       Welwood J. "Toward a Psychology of Awakening. Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation." Shambhala, Boston, 2002.

Being Visible

     "There is an incredible intimacy that develops when you're with a person who sees you as you are. When you're willing to be seen, when you know you're seen and recognized, there is an intimacy that is like nothing else. In Zen you might say there is no gap between you. We don't get that very often in our lives."              Sallie Jiko Tisdale

       Forum: Your Teacher and You. Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, Spring 2014.

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Words that Ring True

     Life is traumatic. At some point you realize this. You can play games around it - OR - you can embrace it. Flip the whole fear / avoidance thing right around, and give it a mighty bear-hug. Quiver in fear - OR - go for it the best you can - one decent jab.

     "The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and imagination and language combine to make spirits in the head. There is an illusion of aliveness."

     O'Brien T. "The things they carried." Mariner Books, Boston, 1990. One real book!