This town of about 100,000 in northern California is atmospherically downstream from huge fires—the Carr fire about an hour away near Redding, which has killed 7 people and is beginning…
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Meditation is inherently solitary. Even when people sit in groups, the intent is to be alone within. Insight inquiry, on the other hand, involves two or more people questioning and…
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An ominous, orangish haze hangs over northern California. The Carr fire has obliterated the normally azure skies and made the atmosphere physically unhealthy and metaphysically surreal.
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On one of the hottest days of the year, when the temperature reached near 40 degrees (104), I found a quiet, shady spot by the stream for a meditation. There…
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“The mystical stream has always been an important part of the human experience and the source from which belief systems emerge.”
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Acrid smoke wafts in over the parkland from an unknown fire. Upstream, a dog standing in the water barks loudly for fifteen minutes, goaded by its owner. Despite these things…
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Even with the late rains this year, the mountain reservoir is surprisingly full, fuller than I’ve ever seen it. Public access down at the lake is closed today, so we…
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It’s late afternoon, and two young men are sitting in the stream just below the sycamore when I arrive on the bike at the edge of town. It’s windy. Though…