this is the title of a book sheldon kopp wrote 30 years ago. i just picked it up again, and it still holds so many truths and so much inspiration for me. some excerpts: no meaning that comes from outside ourselves is real. in every age, men have set out on pilgrimages … wishing to… Continue reading if you meet the buddha on the road, kill him!
Category: interesting books
booze and writing
i’m in the middle of reading parched, by heather king, about her 20-year stint as an alcoholic. what i find interesting is the disconnect between her tight and truly “witty and entertaining” (publishers weekly) language on the one hand and on the other hand a storyline that now, that i’m at page 149, is still… Continue reading booze and writing
happy happy happy
hello! i’ve had a few days that were definitely on the blah and dudsy side. then along comes my friend ken walker, the happiness guy, with his new web site! thanks, ken. i love the way you sit on top of the world, so to say. check it out here, guys! so i figured, are… Continue reading happy happy happy
a spiritual encounter with the body
i am sitting on the greyhound bus on my way back from vancouver. tomorrow i’m giving a talk about “sacred hedonism”. that phrase popped into my mind a few weeks ago and now i’m sitting here trying to figure out exactly what i meant by that. i know i had in mind to refer to… Continue reading a spiritual encounter with the body
change therapy?
hi everyone … why is this blog called change therapy? i can’t give you the exact historical reasons for it – i dimly remember that it was past 1 am when i first started this blog, so who knows what exactly prompted me to come up with that term. however. i’m a big fan of… Continue reading change therapy?