escapingsamsaraSep 5, 20222 min readTossing and turningDo they just love me because they are supposed to love me? After all, what kind of monster wouldn't love their daughter, sister, close...
escapingsamsaraAug 28, 20228 min readOur responsibility I had a conversation recently that really disturbed me. It was about sustainability. I was saying that I wanted to get more involved in...
escapingsamsaraAug 13, 20225 min readHuman Revolution Through Compassion and Interbeing I have become disillusioned with politics as a vehicle for change. The pendulum swing from one party's policies to the other is constant...
escapingsamsaraJun 26, 20225 min readDear brothers and sisters on the Supreme Court, It is hard to write this letter. It is even harder to refer to you as my brothers and sisters, a term I usually reserve for people I feel...
escapingsamsaraJun 14, 20221 min readMy soul sends out search beamsIn all directions Like a frozen firework Like a thousand beacons From a thousand lighthouses Slicing through salty air Above the roiling...
escapingsamsaraJun 8, 20222 min readRedemption Maybe my plantar fasciitis, newly-flared up, is karma for the time I stole some shampoo and conditioner (and probably some nail polish)...
escapingsamsaraNov 2, 20216 min readThe soulmate myth I've been single for awhile. My mom keeps telling me that my person is out there, and I'll find him (she is convinced this person is a...
escapingsamsaraAug 9, 20216 min readMy December Home My family and I moved seven times from when I was born until I finished high school. That's seven different houses, seven different...
escapingsamsaraMay 31, 20214 min readFaith and FascismFaith is often presented as a virtue in our society. I think it could more accurately be understood as a vice. The term "faith" has two...
escapingsamsaraMar 20, 20213 min readShadowBoxing July 15 2019My uncle Steve Dalquist writes short essays and for a while, he read them out loud to be broadcast on his local radio station, KCAW in...
escapingsamsaraNov 29, 202021 min readWhyMy mom is very conservative and very Christian and I'm very... not. We don't agree on anything. Although we have lots of conversations...
escapingsamsaraOct 6, 20201 min readTo JordanI took my living body into the kitchen for some coffee that my functioning throat swallowed I took my breathing lungs on a morning jog...
escapingsamsaraAug 31, 20204 min readThe Law of One, Buddhism, and ExtraterrestrialsI recently finished reading a pretty "woo-woo" book that a friend let me borrow. It's called "The Ra Material: An Ancient Astronaut...
escapingsamsaraAug 19, 20204 min readOn being "too much"Recently, my friend asked me about how I've cut out dairy from my diet this month. He wondered if I was going vegan. I'm not there, at...
escapingsamsaraAug 11, 20204 min readOn sending healing energy to the earth The earth and her people are suffering. We all know this. COVID-19 has ravaged the entire planet, racism continues to claim innocent...
