Category Archives: nature of the universe

Starting Over

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Sometime in the last couple months I started thinking about the whole concept of fresh start, starting over, re-imagining myself, re-creating my life.  I was obsessively watching Netflix tv and got caught up in the show Break-Out Kings, which is … Continue reading →

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Practice, Practice, In Search of a Practice….or, Changing Whose Life?

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

Yesterday I put myself on retreat for the day.  Why?  Well, I really wanted to go to the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center and meditate for 3 hours, but I knew I had to do the mindbody work, so I figured … Continue reading →

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I Have Been Replaced!

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

No, no, not in couples therapy.  I know that would make for great drama, but not such a happy life for me so NO! And, to be honest, I won’t really be replaced until 1/1/2012, but today it’s official:  the … Continue reading →

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The Mind–How Powerful Are We Really? Or, Can Intimacy Be Understood?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

There are these small unexplained events.  Driving with my friend Pete in New York’s Upper West Side, looking for a parking space, about to give up, suddenly turning to him and saying, “I think if I make a left, then … Continue reading →

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Nantucket Flight, Acting, Mind/Body, and the Rocking Acting Class…the day before 9/11/11

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

So. I will say this about the mind/body stuff:  I am, at this moment, procrastinating about writing about rage.  It is still morning, right?  At 11:37am.  I have 15 minutes to put in this morning.  Or soon.  And I will … Continue reading →

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Do Buddhists confess?

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

Bless me who/whatever for I have…. Nope.  Doesn’t work.  I can’t even get myself to finish the first sentence. I do have a confession, though.  I don’t really believe in God.  Though obviously I have a fascination with religion.  Am … Continue reading →

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