“Initiation”
“In their innocence, nearly everyone, but especially the little children, sank quickly into the Absolute, to taste the sweetness of Tranquility, the weightlessness of unburdened Being, the expansiveness of Consciousness unlimited by the dualistic mind. That single taste proved transformational. No one could ever forget that they had had it. Henceforth, not even the most […]
Continue reading“That Afternoon”
“In the spirit of the colloquy on Oneness and duality they had all engaged in, Skylar now reflected on what ideas from that interchange he might apply to the day itself. He saw immediately that it would be counter-productive to put it on a shelf of honor and hope for other future days that might […]
Continue reading“Colorado”
“In the first case every element played subtly against every other: the dark-jade green of the red-maple leaves, lighter in tone than the water’s color, grew progressively more so as the sun touched its upper branches. The gray-green undersides of the leaves matched the deeper gray of the stream rocks and the silver-gray of the […]
Continue reading“Crystal Geneville”
“Crystal floated into Henry Hall in modestly flared, bell-bottom jeans and a Moroccan-style, gauze-cotton blouse whose pliant material had not been prevented by the intervention of a frustrating brassiere from outlining the baked apples of her breasts, from the yielding tops of which emerged a walnut and a raisin on each side. She wore boots […]
Continue reading“The Sage of Interstate 70”
“Taking Interstate 70, a slight detour from his direct route, in order to get his rider as close to Ohio as possible, Alex came to Amwell where he needed to turn north onto I-79. He had taken Skylar close to the Ohio border, but had guided him on a philosophical journey of far greater consequence. […]
Continue reading“Hermosa Beach”
“As he looked out over this green- and gray-blue world, it struck Skylar as a blank piece of linen on which the painter had only completed the background and which awaited the subject matter of the work as a cradle awaits its babe. A waxing crescent moon revealed itself from behind the clouds: the banana-shaped […]
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