When is enough enough? One of my patients, a young man, is a musician playing in a very successful reggae rock and roll band. He is a “side-man”, that is he is featured on his instrument however he is not an official member of the band. He gets paid like […]
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Several of my friends said they had no experience of the 10-hour a day meditation I described and could not imagine that kind of concentration. I suggested that they did have experiences that relate to it. Any time anyone is so focused on something or some task where they are […]
This is part two of my Vipassana Meditation 10 Day Retreat. There were 42 men and 40 women, 4 assistant teachers all effectively separated from any kind of contact to practice “noble silence” with no contact of any kind. We each had private rooms and baths with one main meditation […]
4 of us left Long Beach CA on Dec 21st headed for the Southern California Vipassana Meditation Center at 29 Palms California. My friend Jim Smith, retired attorney and current ham radio operator at the Queen Mary had invited me to attend this 10-day meditation retreat. This was his fourth […]
God Dwells Within You as You See God in Each Other The Fairy GodMother or GodFather will Save the Day We are an evolutionary accident There is no proof for faith Higher Power Jesus Mohammed Buddha Ganesha Santa Claus The Easter Bunny St Christopher medals A rabbit’s foot The tooth […]
The title refers to a bumper sticker attributed to Dr. Richard Alpert, also known as Ram Dass. He was kicked out of Harvard in 1963 for his experiments with Tim Leary and LSD. Dr Alpert went on to investigate the spiritual experiences of LSD by studying with an Indian Guru, […]
No matter how you live your life it will end and probably not so gracefully. This may give us good motivation to thoroughly enjoy right now. I saw a magazine article about a chain of “nudist, vegan restaurants” that thrived in Los Angeles from […]
I dissected and studied human brains in my studies to become a doctor; every brain I saw was pinkish gray guishy stuff. None of the brains had a little talking person or movie screen. The inside of the brains were all pinkish, gray guishy stuff. I suggest the notion of […]
For four years I have mentored a young man, Danny, he is now 18. His mother is an immigrant from El Salvador. He has never met his father. He lives in Wilmington, one of the rougher neighborhoods of Los Angeles. A close friend of his, Alex, was killed in a […]
In 1969 the Music Center of Hollywood on Santa Monica Blvd was the largest musical instrument store in Southern California. Leo Fender introduced his guitars at this store in the early 50’s and my High School friend, Randy Carlton, became a 1/3 owner of this store. […]