After several pleasant days in the mid- to upper-fifties, and one in the sunny mid-sixties, it is cold again here in New York. An inch of snow may arrive by Friday. The coming of Spring reminds me of a labyrinth walk. There’s a point at the beginning of the walking meditation on the labyrinth modeled…

“God is not a being; God is Being. For those who have found God, his presence shows in honesty, kindness, carefully chosen words, and an absence of shame about the past. The pain may still be there, though quieted, but the grandiosity and false ego that insists on either secrecy or great sinnerhood is burned…

Thanks to reader Alana Perrault who wrote this fond remembrance of her Ukrainian egg decorating (pysanky) sessions with her loving, multi-generational household. Pysanky nights sent us into “perfect child” mold, finishing our homework and chores in record time so we could get down to business. All the men would retire to the TV room while…

I got abundant mail on the item I posted last week about clutter. Some of you have minimized your CD stress and mess by downloading onto your iPod your entire CD collection. (“Is such a thing possible?” I’ve asked friends and relations. “Yes,” they all say dryly, surprised that Chattering Mind is so out of…

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