“Tahitian Beach”
“We all settled back on our leaves to watch the ocean. What ancient memories and dim recollections of the womb the breaking surf must bring back to us. How else to explain the fascination it holds? Despite our knowing with certainty that each splashing wave will be followed by another, we still see in every […]
Continue reading“Lotus Gathering”
“In the distance, I saw two young women carefully balancing themselves in a canoe as they bent over its side to gather lotuses. There was such grace in the way they slowly arched their backs and reached down to take the flowers, as if they were first seeking permission from the local deity before performing […]
Continue reading“Her New Way of Seeing”
“As I spent more time within myself, I began to see things, not celestial beings or anything like that, more like seeing through things. I saw the energy behind the object, the soul of a person behind their persona. The roles that people played in life no longer fooled me. Society’s attempts to present the […]
Continue reading“Blue Moon”
“And what a spectacle they found! The lake stretched out flat and still as an immense piece of plate glass. Cobalt blue in color, the water reflected the hue of the sky, but a single shade lighter. The immense moon, very low on the horizon, gazed upon its twin floating on the surface of the […]
Continue reading“Night Goddess”
“Once again, the friends paused to savor the glory of the scene surrounding them. This night resembled a gigantic goddess flashing a masterpiece of jewelry: the moon hung from its invisible chain like a perfectly rounded opal, but it was only half of a parure, for its matching stone floated on the surface of the […]
Continue reading“The Power of Love”
“Shakti was the embodiment of love. I remember one client we had who was so gloomy and pessimistic that he might have played Eeyore from Winnie-the Pooh. Dressed all in black, his head hanging down, he would mouse into our office as if he were on his way to the gallows. You guys know me. […]
Continue reading“Tahiti”
“Everywhere I looked I saw beauty: the stunningly jagged outline of the island of Moorea across the water; a small cove, the very definition of privacy, beside which rested a palm-frond-roofed hut; the toothed tops of mountains rising up from the densest of dense green jungle; softly rounded mamelons covered in verdure the color of […]
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