Carried Across the Sky

Contemporary Issues

  • Living within the Flow

    To live in the world with wisdom and compassion is the true vocation of every human being. Living with wisdom and compassion, within Big Mind and Big Heart, is indeed a practice. For me now this practice asks of me… Continue reading

  • Mercy

    Our concept of mercy changes As our image of God changes. First, there are the gods who Remain aloof, separate from us, who reward And punish us whimsically in storm, in drought, In famine, in plenty. We never know, we… Continue reading

  • The Fading Shine of the Golden Ring

    This path I have walked, My life Has been circling round Back to Fearful, clinging places, More like promises of brambles. I labeled the lessons a nuisance, failed them Cursed my fate. Hard lessons, More like crucifixions. My faith In… Continue reading

  • Imperial Soldiers

    How easy to end up A soldier in a strange land, the empire dressed to kill. Freedom isn’t found like that. Too late to question, You only seek to survive. Those praying for your safe return go about their business,… Continue reading

  • We Are What We Seek

    Why do we stand outside the temple wondering what prayers will open the gates? We have only to say, “Please, open.” And what is inside will be revealed. No need to travel to Rome, Or visit a hundred churches. The… Continue reading

  • Shadow Boxing

    While the rest of the floor is spotless. There is yet a bit of a mess in the kitchen. It is possible, I am afraid, to “awaken,” To become a guru, And while chanting “Om” Be oblivious to what’s under… Continue reading

  • Border Crossings

    As you go about your work Look around you. Here, the trees are flames. The sky filled with the sound of geese. Stirrings of autumn. All this beauty. But you can stop anywhere, Attentive One day you might find yourself… Continue reading

  • Convergence

    How much time do we spend warding off chance, each fork in the road a convergence, a possible head wound to a carefully maintained worldview–our easy chair. Where is the courage in this? One avoidance after another Until the door… Continue reading

  • No One Told Us

    We are millionaires whose bank accounts have been done in by our own inflation, out on the street, our life confiscated by the imperial status quo. We learned early that rocks were inert and no harm done in kicking them… Continue reading

  • Sacred Geography

    We are not trodding out along some horizontal plain, searching for an abandoned house to die in, alone. Ladders are everywhere angels ascending and descending A sacred geography, the cross with a heart at the center. Why do we keep… Continue reading