Category: Sound, Vision + Silence

Consciousness, Creativity and Freedom

  • Take the Dream

    Take the Dream

    Gazing at the surface one only sees reflection, submerge and a different world appears.

    I no longer dream of the future…

    The future is now.

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  • Women and the Mindfulness Revolution

    Women and the Mindfulness Revolution

    Shaping the Face of Buddhism in the West

    In 1976, Ruth Denison took a trip to the high desert in Southern California. While camping near Pioneer Town, she rescued a family of baby opossums’ who were clinging to their mother who had ceased living. Compassionate to all creatures in suffering, Ruth had a very grounded view of right action and right thought. She did not stand for “bullshit” or sit with it for that matter. She was riding the waves of giants and she wanted for everyone to gain the capacity to see from this point of view.

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  • Fame and Freedom, Freedom and Fame

    Fame and Freedom, Freedom and Fame

    Can you feel me?

    I discovered fame at a very early age. Not that I had it, although in some ways I did. I saw it on television at home at my house on North Venice Boulevard in Venice Beach, California.

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  • Death + Creation

    Death + Creation

    Navigating the Unknown

    In order to create something new, we have to let go…

    I have a great deal of respect for existing bodies of knowledge and their lineages. I think that is necessary. I have always operated on the premise that in order to truly know something, you must go totally into it. Experience it fully. And the only way to do this safely, is to have the capacity to remain yourself at the same time.

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