One great thing about moving is I get to look through old things, old clothes, old photographs and journals. I get to throw out what’s not me anymore, and I get to look back again at what I used to be. The biggest sigh didn’t come from trying on clothes that don’t fit...

Taking a walk on the longest day of the year, the sun is setting in a clear blue sky on a calm blue sea. Light spring breeze kisses trees and blooming flowers gently. There is nothing to worry about, on this beautiful day. Then I started noticing groups of three, five...

When someone expects me to give, I don’t feel so driven to give. In fact, sometimes I want to limit my giving. When someone doesn’t expect anything in return, when she is simply offering, serving, I genuinely want to give whatever I could offer. When someone kind of...

When I commit to what is now, my life energy moves in that clear direction. Confusion, unclearness and indecision stagnates the flow. When I commit to right here right now, magic happens. I experience my life to the fullest, more beauty and love than I could have ever...

2006Existing knowledge is based on different layers of reality, all of them true to their specific circumstances or limitations. They are true for different consciousness levels, or parameters of that consciousness. The knowledge becomes obsolete when the limitations...

2003In late July mom and I boarded a near empty plane to Beijing. The World Health Organization had just lifted travel bans for China due to SARS. Unlike what we usually do during the fifteen-hour flight—sleep—I stayed up and watched all four movies though not much...

2002Woke up feeling that emptinessPuttered around the house, no connectionTurned on the radio to fill the space, the grey corners of the houseMorning elongates into afternoon no boundaries no demarcations of minutes hoursDragged out of this void of a house,...

Oct. 03 I was invited to spend a weekend at the Goldmeir Hot Springs. The five of us arrived Friday evening. Saturday after breakfast, the other four decided to do the eight miles hike up to Snow Lake. I stayed, taking my time wandering amongst the old growth forest....

The deliciousness of feeling earth qi entering the feet and body for the first time;The deliciousness of feeling the mind calming and the relaxed awareness releasing from the brain into the entire body like stardust;The deliciousness when feeling weightless, formless,...