Buddhist Therapist

Poem: “The Leeks”

(Note: I’ve had this urge to write poetry instead of the prosaic stuff I usually write, and this is what

The Brahma-Viharas, translated by some as “sublime attitudes,” are the Buddha’s most important teachings of the heart. There are 4

Outside the French bakery, a line snakes in a whorl toward East 7th Street. I am alone in my bedroom

Psilocybin, colloquially known as magic mushrooms or shrooms, has undergone a renaissance of late. New York Times bestsellers are writing

Autumn Day by Ranier Maria Rilke Lord: it is time. The summer was immense. Lay your long shadows on the

“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid

Children have a way of seeing things adult minds cannot. If you show an adult a daffodil, they will call

The Guest House By Rumi This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a

“New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten

To live without defenses is an impossibility. But still, we must try. All of us are so defended constantly protecting

Just some quick reflections today… I’m currently rereading Walden by Henry David Thoreau. It is the first time I’ve picked

What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire. The longing for the dance stirs in the buried life.- Stanley Kunitz

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. Ecclesiastes 1 I am the most important person

The most painful memories are the lives we’ve never got to live, the choices we never got to make. As

“The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at