Past archives
January 2012
- 08: Human reality
December 2011
- 31: Religious truth and the Covenant
- 23: Examining religion
- 16: Remembering Ashley
- 08: Love, change, community
November 2011
October 2011
- 31: The Four Valleys again
- 23: The human factor
- 16: Free will
- 08: The hidden door
September 2011
- 30: Original valley of knowledge
- 23: Translation of the Rashh-i-`Amá
- 16: Its own reason
- 08: Seven Valleys as a treasure map
August 2011
- 29: The mystic sailor
- 23: The prisoner
- 16: Patience and impatience
- 09: Self and soul
July 2011
- 23: Re-telling the tale (3 of 3)
- 16: Vision and the architect (2 of 3)
- 08: The First and the Last (1 of 3)
June 2011
- 30: Origins of the self
- 23: The focus of religion
- 16: Only You
- 08: God is
May 2011
- 31: Absorption in the Deity
- 23: A journey of recognition
- 15: The Divine Unity
- 07: By the sandy shore
April 2011
- 30: God’s mystery
- 24: The Day of Grace
- 15: More on the Fear of God
December 2010
- 03: Love
August 2010
May 2010
- 28: Why I love David Zindell
- 17: A metaphor of the Seven Valleys
- 10: True recognition
- 08: God and the impossible rock
May 2009
April 2009
November 2008
- 14: Moving forward
September 2008
August 2008
- 24: A single point
July 2008
- 13: Apologies to God
June 2008
May 2008
- 16: Purpose
- 08: I Plead
- 02: The beauty of things
April 2008
- 01: Maturity
December 2007
- 31: All of us candles
- 29: Today and Tomorrow
August 2007
February 2007
- 07: After the rain
January 2007
- 09: Nearness
December 2006
- 28: A subtle virtue
- 23: Time
- 19: Chess and life
October 2006
September 2006
- 01: Adrift
August 2006
- 17: Reflections on Khidr
- 09: Memory
July 2006
- 23: The point of it all
- 14: Beloved of Him
June 2006
May 2006
- 28: Contemplating the Ur-soul
- 18: Faith, reason and authority
- 08: Finding the key
- 02: The split
April 2006
March 2006
- 30: Tea!
- 23: A perspective on fame
January 2006
- 25: It’s all a game
- 24: Above the deeps
- 18: Orders of existence
December 2005
November 2005
- 30: Waiting II
- 16: Discipline and energy
- 12: The long journey
- 02: Short man and long man
October 2005
- 27: Life is in the living
- 26: The absolute additive
- 22: Finding a new sword
- 19: The measure
- 14: The real world
- 04: To be raazi
September 2005
- 29: The reflexive principle
- 28: Lock and key
- 25: Aspen in fall
- 13: Even more pictures
- 06: Spirituality
August 2005
- 30: Pictures from Colorado
- 29: The dark side
- 28: A realization
- 27: Dream of another life
- 22: Cultural interpretations
- 17: Images from the Southwest
- 16: Back on the road
July 2005
- 31: Being in love
- 25: A letter of love
- 16: Pure light
- 14: Transparency
- 11: Backbiting
June 2005
- 25: The pauper is a prince
- 24: Thoughts on time travel
- 14: Quality
- 13: The unexamined life
- 05: Like the wind
- 05: Perfection
- 03: Manifest being
- 01: Questioning “sin”
May 2005
- 30: Body and spirit
- 28: Why bother?
- 27: Being together
- 26: Sacrifice and pain
- 23: Meditation on God’s love
- 19: The hope of storms
- 17: A chalice filled
- 14: Thoughts on humility
- 13: Hidden essences
- 09: Third phase of poetry
- 08: To be consumed
- 08: Being free to submit
- 07: The mirror
- 07: Night, tonight
- 06: Some random thoughts
- 02: To Nasim
- 02: Those eyes
- 02: The Dawn
- 02: No end
- 02: Making mistakes
- 01: Today
- 01: Borrow my eyes
April 2005
- 30: The Sleepers in the Cave
- 28: The wind
- 28: Commentary: The soul of rebellion
- 26: A kind of knowledge
- 26: Clarion call
- 26: A dream
- 24: More thoughts on ego
- 23: Thought on aging
- 21: The purpose of religion
- 20: To Khidr
- 20: Springtime
- 20: Little bird
- 20: Handful of dust
- 19: Making love
- 19: Dear Leyla
- 18: Four kinds of devotion
- 17: Sweet girl
- 17: Honey
- 17: Catching a glimpse
- 16: Podcasting experiment
- 15: The mystic
- 15: Detachment and emotions
- 13: The moon
- 13: Prayer
- 13: Camphor
- 12: People
- 11: For Lance
- 10: Praise
- 09: Rhapsody on the Seven Valleys
- 09: Introducing the Seven Valleys
- 09: Feeling rich
- 09: God’s puzzle
- 08: Arrogant poetry
- 07: The Master
- 07: The Moth King
- 07: The book
- 07: Secrets of fire
- 07: Persian script
- 07: All bow
- 06: The tree
- 05: Trying to return
- 05: An Iranian beauty
- 03: My dear friends
- 02: Finding Thee
- 01: An easy exercise
March 2005
- 31: Seize the day
- 30: Summer in Tempe
- 30: Paying homage
- 30: How can I speak
- 29: Foolishness
- 28: You
- 28: Consumed
- 28: A fine day
- 27: One day
- 27: Destruction
- 26: The secret
- 25: Journey of the seed
- 23: Trust
- 18: This is poetry
- 16: Hawk
- 15: The soul of rebellion
- 10: The mountains are also clouds
- 08: Two kinds of will
- 07: Reflective judgment
- 04: The Beloved as the sun
- 03: The destiny of the soul
February 2005
January 2005
- 29: Paying respects
- 28: Trying
- 21: Fate
- 18: Faith and value
- 02: Mystic prince
- 01: A Journey of Faith
December 2004
- 31: Going beyond thought
- 30: Taking another look
- 29: Love for it all
- 22: Turning pages
- 19: My thanks
- 18: Watching the desert
- 16: Spiritual poverty
- 15: Awaiting you
- 14: Religion’s object
- 12: Striving for sorrow?
- 11: Fertile ground
- 09: The life of faith
- 08: Love and virtue
- 06: Angel
- 06: The inner life
- 04: Living in the now
- 03: The bow
- 03: Site restored
November 2004
- 22: Seeking the soul-destroyer
- 15: What is philosophy?
- 15: Affirmative mysticism
- 13: Ruby wine
- 09: Sudden flash
- 04: Thoughts on the Four Valleys
- 03: Driving and the self
- 01: Sitting with the Friend
October 2004
- 29: Experience
- 28: A beloved insanity
- 25: Creative morality
- 24: The will to be
- 23: Falling rain
- 20: The beauty of existence
- 17: The dervish and the thirsty one
- 16: The Lover
September 2004
- 24: Farewell to a love
- 20: Passage from Watts
- 19: `Attár on Unity
- 18: The real desert
- 18: Mystic Manifesto
- 18: Joy and duty
- 17: Wingless flight
- 16: Human nature
- 15: Stepping beyond
- 14: A spiritual playground
- 13: Vanishing
- 13: The torch
- 13: abandon
- 13: A mystic’s ramble
- 13: A spirit’s rhapsody
- 12: Heat
- 12: The glory of limitation
- 11: Seeing beyond sight
- 10: Past thoughts
- 09: Non-dualism and maya
- 08: Being hard on ourselves
- 07: At one with everything?
- 05: The veil
August 2004
- 31: The Unity of Being
- 31: The movement of being
- 30: Two sides of a coin
- 29: Somber sea
- 28: The many and the one
- 22: The steed of pain
- 21: Thoughts on awareness
- 19: A lover’s pain
July 2004
- 29: The beauty of southern Oregon
- 21: Journey on a light beam
- 20: The prodigal car returns
- 20: All kinds of liberation
- 19: Introducing: The hidden door
- 17: A house divided
- 16: Night and Day
- 15: The Cause of Joy
- 14: From sight to sound
- 13: Kingdom of Names
- 12: Contexts of perception
- 11: The irony
- 10: What lies beneath
- 09: Where did “I” go?
- 07: The poverty of ideas
June 2004
- 19: Enjoying what the world offers
- 18: Sleeping earth
- 10: The world soul
- 08: Idle complaint and freedom
- 07: Mysticism
- 06: Joys of photography
- 05: Detachment
- 04: The life beyond this
- 03: Unsung virtues
May 2004
- 27: The Faith Dynamic
- 19: Cactii in the Desert
- 12: Movie: *What the #$?! do we (k)now?*
- 08: To sail away
- 06: Productivity and joy
- 06: Living with ADHD
- 06: The Fear of God
- 06: Black and white
- 05: Pictures of Pacifica
- 02: Images of Aptos, California
- 01: Pat the Bunny
April 2004
- 30: Planning for life
- 29: Doorway into Night
- 29: “Mind” and the individual
- 12: A river of fog
- 10: Poems from last summer
- 09: Stations of mystical truth
- 08: Reflections on the Fast
- 08: Exploring the unknown
- 08: Duty and recognition
- 08: The soul and perfection
- 07: What is logic?
- 07: The concept of self and the Kitáb-i-Íqán
- 07: Common questions about the Seven Valleys
- 07: Thoughts on homosexual acts
- 03: Multilinearity and Free Will
March 2004
- 22: Love is a Veil
- 22: The distorting effects of time
- 22: Are we abhorrent to God?
- 21: Qalam (the Pen)
- 21: Thoughts of March
- 19: Pessimism and realism
- 18: On self-knowledge
- 17: Green lizards
- 17: Athirst in Love’s Desert
- 17: Thoughts on the Valley of Unity
- 17: Brief thoughts on “the camphor fountain”
- 17: Proving infallibility
- 17: A metaphor for the self
- 17: Joy and Community Life
- 17: Fear of God like spiritual inhibition
- 17: Adventures in Poetry
- 17: When I try to write
- 17: Whirlwind
- 17: The winding river
- 17: Wolf
- 17: Wealth
- 17: Turtle
- 17: Unavoidable koan
- 17: Virginia autumn II
- 17: Virginia autumn
- 17: Visitor
- 17: Too much
- 17: Threadbare
- 17: Time to rest
- 17: To Ashley
- 17: The soul’s tears
- 17: The waves of blue
- 17: They call it poetry
- 17: The life we live
- 17: The melding
- 17: The mind duel
- 17: The mystery of life
- 17: Take off from SF
- 17: Tear apart the world’s veil
- 17: Technology
- 17: Standing in shadows
- 17: Someday
- 17: Something I thought you said
- 17: Songs of the night
- 17: Soul’s journey
- 17: The space between souls
- 17: Shine
- 17: Solstice
- 17: Sail
- 17: Sea
- 17: Seasons
- 17: Second skin
- 17: Royal Botanic Gardens
- 17: Reading the newspaper
- 17: Religion
- 17: Procession
- 17: Programming
- 17: Poetry best chronicles
- 17: Power
- 17: Passing me by
- 17: Pausing for a moment
- 17: A place along sunset beach
- 17: Not there
- 17: Nothing better to write
- 17: Ode to a salmon
- 17: Pain
- 17: Night journey
- 17: Nightfall at the lighthouse
- 17: Nightingale’s song
- 17: No knowledge
- 17: No more
- 17: Nostalgia
- 17: Morning flower
- 17: Moving mountains
- 17: My life is my life
- 17: Never mind
- 17: Magic
- 17: Melbourne Zoo
- 17: Moon
- 17: Le morte
- 17: Leave me
- 17: Life
- 17: Little Gila monster!
- 17: Little heart
- 17: Looking at the moon
- 17: Love and pain
- 17: Human thought
- 17: If my heart were to speak…
- 17: Inclination
- 17: Inescapable light
- 17: Insouciance
- 17: Holding on
- 17: Hope
- 17: Friday
- 17: From language to words
- 17: Getting lost
- 17: Grandfather clock
- 17: Haircut
- 17: Have faith
- 17: For Simón
- 17: For teachers
- 17: Forgotten
- 17: Far away blue
- 17: Fashion
- 17: Death
- 17: Definition
- 17: Desert sands
- 17: Carlton Park
- 17: Chimeras walking
- 17: Cold
- 17: Content
- 17: Daydreams
- 17: Black
- 17: The black swans
- 17: blue
- 17: Borders
- 17: Bridalveil Falls
- 17: Busy
- 17: Becoming
- 17: Becoming nothing
- 17: Being a man
- 17: Being human
- 17: Beside the Yarra river
- 17: Birthday wishes
- 17: At a park in Watsonville
- 17: At midnight
- 17: Autumn
- 17: First poem about the sea
- 17: After watching the news
- 17: Afterwards
- 17: All things
- 17: A sun’s love
- 17: A hollow reed
- 17: The world around us
- 16: Serving joyfully
- 16: Modes of Seeing Reality
- 16: God’s intent in creating us
- 16: Some existentialist ideas relating to Bahá’í metaphysics
- 16: The aim of religion
- 16: Transcending suffering
- 16: Faith and reality
- 15: Freedom to investigate truth
- 10: Krishnamurti and “religion”
- 10: Work of art
- 10: The sun says goodbye
- 10: Seeing
- 10: Remember me
- 10: Joy rests
- 10: Her name means “thoughtful”
- 10: Doves who cry
- 09: The Wayfaring Raindrop
- 09: The Ride of Zan Shin
- 09: Moonlight Sonata
- 09: A Cup for the Rain
- 09: Day in the Snow
- 09: The Way of Love
- 09: What’s with Dominique Francon?
- 09: Sound
- 09: Taking things slowly
- 06: The Golden Cow
- 06: The Traveler
- 06: Ways of the Force
- 06: Robot
- 06: Smoke
- 06: Spiders
- 06: Mountain Pass
- 06: The observation station
- 06: I remember the waves…
- 06: Joshua
- 06: Julia
- 06: Lethology
- 06: Funeral
- 06: His Last Days
- 06: In Search Of
- 06: Driving
- 06: Faith
- 06: Flight
- 06: Freefall
- 06: The Alien Bookstore Owner
- 06: Climb
- 06: What hell might be
- 06: Translating thought into language
- 06: Unknowable essences
- 06: The game of life
- 06: Social wealth
- 06: Seeking the ideal beauty
- 06: Religion and Ethics
- 06: Religion does not get harder
- 06: Relying on one another
- 06: Religion and authority
- 06: Pragmatism and value
- 06: Property and prosperity
- 06: Our idea of God
- 06: Our relationship with God
- 06: Nickels and dimes
- 06: Opinions and truth
- 06: The Manifestations of God
- 06: On meditation
- 06: A metaphor to describe the Bahá’í Fund
- 06: The process of learning and mystical pursuit
- 06: Linguistic style of the Bahá’í Writings
- 06: Introduction to the Bahá’í Faith
- 06: A Light in the Dark
- 06: The Greatest Name
- 06: The Fund is the base
- 06: Eastern methods of instruction, and the Valley of Search
- 06: “Regard your enemy as your friend…”
- 06: Change is natural
- 06: Christianity and damnation
- 06: The believers are like an ocean
- 06: An argument for the soul
- 06: Advancing the process
- 06: Analogies of relationship
- 06: Haiku
- 03: Loving imperfection
- 02: About religious discipline
February 2004
- 25: From San Diego
- 23: Of what can we be proud?
- 22: The Ego
- 20: A Mystic is…
- 19: Poem to the Sea
- 19: Back home in San Francisco
- 18: Falling in love
- 17: The Candle
- 17: The candle as a lover
- 16: Collective consciousness
- 15: Seeing imperfection in others
- 12: Summer is in the heart
- 12: Dream of Chastity
- 11: Favorite movies and songs
- 09: The Sun
- 07: On wealth
- 05: Teach all in mediocrity, or a few but well?
- 04: The Tao
- 03: Adventures in Poetry
- 02: Liberty and the lover
January 2004
- 28: On beauty
- 27: On perfection
- 26: Unity is life
- 25: What is the ego?
- 23: Two poems
- 19: A thought experiment
- 16: The heart is free
- 16: “Bread and Tulips”
- 14: Duty and purpose
- 13: “Hero”
- 10: “Fallen”
- 09: The passing of Ashley Alvis
- 03: The clouds
- 01: Our plans
- 01: Being hunted
- 01: A pretty challenge
December 2003
- 27: Greeting the Persians
- 19: Nature like a question
- 17: Strange feeling of excitement
- 17: Faith, love and perfection
- 11: Personality test
- 10: Introvert and extravert
- 09: The greatest happiness
- 08: The need for morals
- 07: The Way
- 05: “The Last Samurai”
- 04: Beliefs and desire
- 03: The Unknown
- 02: Nothingness and self
- 01: Feel of the midnight wind
- 01: The love of God
November 2003
- 23: The Mouse Before Christmas
- 17: Breakable
- 16: Wandering
- 16: What changes you
- 16: Unwritable
- 16: To Joel
- 16: Spell bound
- 16: Spellcaster
- 16: She
- 16: Sigh
- 16: Self reflection
- 16: Sending you a flower
- 16: She II
- 16: Jennifer
- 16: Lazy day
- 16: I’ve found you
- 16: A holy pain
- 16: Dreaming
- 16: Don’t wait too long
- 16: City lights
- 16: At night in Santa Cruz
- 16: Be still my soul
- 16: Beauty
- 16: A touch
- 15: The question
- 13: Right now
- 13: Immediate knowing
- 13: A drop of wisdom
- 12: Waves upon the shore
- 12: Rainy day
- 12: Normal
- 12: Breakup
- 11: Began weblog
- 10: A Song to the Beloved
- 10: Halloween is over
- 10: Far afield
- 08: Waiting for tomorrow
- 08: Unseen arms
- 08: The burning
- 08: Seeking truth
- 08: Quiet
- 08: Looking for the words to write
- 07: The soul knows
- 07: Landing
October 2003
- 29: Working world
- 29: Waiting
- 29: Watsonville
- 29: The weary world
- 29: Thursday
- 29: The poet
- 29: The cold
- 29: The heart’s sparrow
- 29: Sweet night
- 29: Silence
- 29: Sea upon the sea
- 29: Outside my window at work
- 29: The love of poetry
- 29: Lovers lament
- 29: Like clouds
- 29: Just friends
- 29: Land of dreams
- 29: Intimacy
- 29: Dreams
- 29: Butterflies
- 29: A moment’s peace
- 28: To a smile
- 28: Finding the path
- 27: The sky
- 21: Always
- 21: A candle’s flame
- 20: Caught
- 19: You awoke them
- 19: Sleep calls to me
- 19: I plead
- 19: A tender suffering
- 18: Wandering II
- 14: Whom we seek
- 14: To a stewardess
- 14: Pretty girl
- 14: Male Fantasy
- 12: To Roger and Dania
- 11: Just a pawn
- 08: The End
- 07: Flame itself
- 05: Parting
- 04: To a beautiful girl
- 03: Sound of sorrow
September 2003
- 27: Different worlds
August 2003
- 16: Untitled 25
- 13: Good bye to all, until we meet again
- 10: Untitled 24
- 08: The Western Romantic Ideal
- 06: Untitled 21
- 06: Untitled 22
- 06: Only a poem today
- 05: Estrucan tombs, and the open sea
- 05: Definitions and the-thing-defined
- 04: Rand’s vision of Atlantis
- 04: A mystical commentary on Quality
- 03: On the nature of dependence
- 03: After a quick trip to the hospital
- 03: A pen that wants no rest
- 01: Untitled 20
- 01: Una fantasia della notte
July 2003
- 31: Untitled 18
- 31: The Arno in the late sun…
- 30: An analogy of the self
- 29: What we love to do
- 29: Untitled 19
- 29: Another retelling: The metaphysics of light
- 28: Bringing Sartre into the mix
- 28: An essay to tie the pieces
- 27: Untitled 17
- 27: A cappuccino in every hand
- 26: To sea
- 26: A short story and another essay
- 25: A poem and three short essays from Florence
- 23: Untitled 16
- 20: Italian skies are also blue
- 16: Building a bridge between Rand and Sartre
- 16: A contingent freedom
- 15: The zest of life
- 15: When time is fullest
- 15: Without words
- 15: Undivided Being
- 15: Toward the light
- 15: A thing to die for
- 15: The rose
- 15: Temple of Pain
- 15: The sun hangs low
- 15: Spider’s Web
- 15: Step outside
- 15: A storm in Italy
- 15: Rivers of people
- 15: The Reach of Man
- 15: Rays of light
- 15: The Place of Honor
- 15: A maple leaf
- 15: I wished to be known
- 15: Enter the night
- 15: Escape from summer
- 15: Every being is a symbol
- 15: Dear Augustus
- 15: Choice
- 15: Crumbs of camphor
- 15: A borrowed tale
- 15: The Arno in the late sun
- 15: A pen that wants no rest
- 15: A cool image
- 15: A leaf falls
- 15: A mime
- 11: Further on the passion of possibility
- 10: Untitled 14
- 09: Untitled 13
- 09: Mmmmm… Tortellini
- 07: Untitled 12
- 06: Where once was an empire…
- 04: Untitled 11
- 03: Untitled 10
- 02: Hello from Florence!
June 2003
- 30: Untitled 9
- 28: Implications of E=mc2
- 27: Untitled 8
- 26: To Youth in the Bahá’í Faith
- 24: Untitled 7
- 23: Untitled 6
- 23: Untitled 5
- 22: Untitled 4
- 22: Rand’s philosophy
- 21: Thoughts from another shore
- 21: Assuming responsibility for our life
- 19: Life owes us nothing
- 18: Tales of Cataluña
- 17: About ego
- 16: Untitled 3
- 15: To remember me
- 15: The waves
- 15: This pen
- 15: The pretty girls
- 15: The sea exhales
- 15: The Spirit of Fire
- 15: Spirituality
- 15: The silent life
- 15: The sea and her secrets
- 15: Poetry
- 15: Pressing rain
- 15: Poem for Naw-Rúz
- 15: Pain II
- 15: When a loving eye takes extra pains
- 15: The mood of night
- 15: To the owner of La Granja Elsa
- 15: A Keen Intent
- 15: Fireworks (of Sant Joan)
- 15: The call of life
- 15: A Cigarette Butt (on the night of Sant Joan)
- 15: Bright future
- 14: Untitled 2
- 12: The Meme
- 11: Variations on a theme of sun and sand…
- 06: Poem to the falling sun
- 06: More from Andalucia
- 05: Joy is at the Heart of it All
- 03: A sea of arms and legs
- 03: Bright Andalucia
May 2003
- 28: Untitled 1
January 2003
August 2001
January 1996
- 01: On the runway in LA
- 01: Moonlight
- 01: Flight
- 01: Why do religions have a winter?
- 01: Why I see beauty
- 01: Writing haiku
- 01: Wearing away the self
- 01: We awaken through understanding
- 01: Ultimate symbol of detachment
- 01: To zen
- 01: Thought and ignorance
- 01: The stages of chess mastery
- 01: The truth of the present
- 01: The reality of everyday existence
- 01: The mind’s release
- 01: The power of love
- 01: The beauty of truth
- 01: The boredom point
- 01: The concept of ownership
- 01: The danger of praise
- 01: Study for a change of heart
- 01: Significance of morality
- 01: Relative detachment
- 01: Resistance to change
- 01: Revealing God
- 01: Privacy and diaries
- 01: Rational plausibility
- 01: Patterns in time
- 01: Other forms of memory
- 01: Our own reflection is invisible
- 01: No absolute existence
- 01: Obsession with the alien
- 01: Mistakes
- 01: Life is without sorrow
- 01: Judging life
- 01: Levels of awareness
- 01: Hexadecimal alphabet for code
- 01: Human relationships
- 01: Gain and loss
- 01: Genuine certitude
- 01: Economy of force
- 01: Emotional memory
- 01: Conceptions of faith
- 01: Creation from nothingness
- 01: Casting spells
- 01: Brief thoughts
- 01: Bantering in Spanish
- 01: Artistic endeavor
January 1992
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