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November 19, 2022
The example of the dream
April 26, 2022
The sun and its rays
March 27, 2022
Regaining the ocean
March 6, 2022
Not obvious
February 27, 2022
Faith and belief
February 20, 2022
Fear and love
February 13, 2022
Transforming the heart
January 30, 2022
Learning
January 9, 2022
Knowledge of God
December 12, 2021
Reflected back
December 5, 2021
What you are is never changing
November 28, 2021
Poem of love
November 14, 2021
A constant challenge
November 7, 2021
The three stations
October 31, 2021
A necessary choice
October 24, 2021
Virtue renewed
October 17, 2021
Second translation of the Rashh-i-`Amá
October 10, 2021
Philosopher and mystic
October 3, 2021
Poisoned flour
September 26, 2021
A young kitten
September 19, 2021
Strike while the iron is hot
September 12, 2021
Future butterfly
September 5, 2021
The knife
August 29, 2021
My butterfly self
August 22, 2021
Facing the craziness
August 15, 2021
The truth we know
August 8, 2021
The living universe
August 1, 2021
First glimmerings
July 25, 2021
A meditation
July 18, 2021
A flaw in markets
July 11, 2021
Manifest injustice
July 4, 2021
Mercantile
June 27, 2021
Násút
June 20, 2021
A thought on racism
June 13, 2021
Moving with alacrity
June 6, 2021
Made to love the sun
May 30, 2021
Life is a gift
May 23, 2021
A plain of gold
May 16, 2021
Flowing through
May 9, 2021
Crack of dawn
May 2, 2021
Unnecessary necessity
April 25, 2021
The trap
April 18, 2021
As a glass
April 11, 2021
A city of light
April 4, 2021
The teacher
March 28, 2021
Castles in the sand
March 21, 2021
Waching a movie
March 14, 2021
Impermanence
March 7, 2021
Being too hard on yourself
February 28, 2021
The farmer and the miller
February 21, 2021
The sun and not the sun
February 14, 2021
Meeting the ocean
February 7, 2021
Constant sun
January 31, 2021
O lovely moth!
January 24, 2021
Turning sun
January 20, 2021
Awareness and sight
January 17, 2021
Seeking silence
January 13, 2021
Crucible of the spirit
January 10, 2021
A standing wave form
January 7, 2021
The Born and the Unborn
January 6, 2021
Kitten strikes again
January 5, 2021
Needs more power
January 4, 2021
So many waves
January 3, 2021
The wave is powerless
January 2, 2021
Dance of fading time
December 30, 2020
The riven heart
December 27, 2020
Kitten catches his tail
December 23, 2020
No greater barrier
December 20, 2020
Behold the higher
December 13, 2020
Religion and morality
December 6, 2020
The ocean of mystery
November 29, 2020
The Revelation of God
November 22, 2020
Evident and manifest qualities
November 15, 2020
My translation of Hafez' "dard-e-eqshi"
November 8, 2020
The void
November 1, 2020
The odor of self
October 25, 2020
Here and there
October 21, 2020
The blackest night
October 11, 2020
The reach of mind
October 5, 2020
The beauty of Divine law
September 28, 2020
A community of waves
September 20, 2020
Self is the boundless vacuum
September 15, 2020
We are the love of God
October 16, 2019
Minds cannot know
November 24, 2017
Is life meaningless?
November 17, 2017
Does absolute truth exist?
November 10, 2017
Does God's fore-knowledge eliminate free will?
November 3, 2017
Giving up beliefs
October 27, 2017
Why don't prayers work?
October 20, 2017
Can God build a wall he cannot break?
October 13, 2017
Doubting our beliefs
October 6, 2017
Does God need our prayers?
September 29, 2017
The limits of proof
September 22, 2017
Proving the validity of the Qur’án?
September 15, 2017
What is philosophy good for?
September 8, 2017
The divine Ka`bih
September 1, 2017
Knowing God?
August 25, 2017
Signs of a spiritual person
August 18, 2017
The Faith to me
August 11, 2017
Other religions
August 4, 2017
Discovering the beauty of the Qur'án
July 28, 2017
The prophecies of Noah
July 21, 2017
The choice wine, sealed with musk
July 14, 2017
The divine worlds, part 2
July 7, 2017
The divine worlds, part 1
June 30, 2017
The gateless barrier
June 23, 2017
Between here and there
June 16, 2017
What is love?
June 9, 2017
Stations of prophethood
June 2, 2017
Suffering
May 26, 2017
Rational religion
May 19, 2017
A state of prayer
May 12, 2017
Three parts
May 5, 2017
A fish in the ocean
April 28, 2017
Evolution
April 21, 2017
Eternal hell in the Qur'án?
April 14, 2017
The dust-heap of this mortal world
April 7, 2017
Recognition as an interpretive theme
March 31, 2017
Descriptive interpretation
January 21, 2017
The sun, the clouds
December 1, 2016
Why does God send Prophets?
November 24, 2016
Heart and mind
November 16, 2016
Moon on the water
November 14, 2016
As gold
November 10, 2016
What is the Bahá'í Faith to me?
November 5, 2016
Focus on the Source
October 28, 2016
To know God
October 20, 2016
In Him, we are the sea
October 7, 2016
I understand it not
October 1, 2016
Thoughts on the Five Year Plan (2016-2021)
September 16, 2016
Dear reader!
September 9, 2016
Immortal sovereignty
September 2, 2016
The mysteries of grace
August 26, 2016
Closer than our life's vein
August 19, 2016
A single word
August 12, 2016
The thirsty fish
August 5, 2016
Hot dogs and knowledge
July 29, 2016
Broken crystal
July 22, 2016
Cells and selflessness
July 15, 2016
Slow
July 8, 2016
Why does God let it happen?
July 1, 2016
What is Bahá’í mysticism?
June 24, 2016
Souls that have always been
June 3, 2016
Moral laws
May 27, 2016
Being a mystic
May 20, 2016
Manifestation
April 29, 2016
All things are provided by God
April 22, 2016
Perceiving with divine insight
April 15, 2016
Transformation
April 8, 2016
Four Valleys as an independent tablet
April 2, 2016
Choosing a path
March 25, 2016
Self and the student
March 18, 2016
That perfect moment
March 11, 2016
The mystic's path
March 4, 2016
The path of knowledge
February 27, 2016
Musings on the Seven Valleys
February 19, 2016
Heaven and hell
December 4, 2015
The Iceberg Principle
November 27, 2015
A precious bestowal
November 20, 2015
Fear not, little seed
November 14, 2015
The Birth of the Twin Manifestations
April 29, 2012
The beginning and the end
January 8, 2012
Human reality
December 31, 2011
Religious truth and the Covenant
December 23, 2011
Examining religion
December 16, 2011
Remembering Ashley
December 8, 2011
Love, change, community
November 30, 2011
More on spiritual poverty
November 23, 2011
The effect of religion
November 16, 2011
Turn thereunto
November 8, 2011
The Kingdom of God
October 31, 2011
The Four Valleys again
October 23, 2011
The human factor
October 16, 2011
Free will
October 8, 2011
The hidden door
September 30, 2011
Original valley of knowledge
September 23, 2011
Translation of the Rashh-i-`Amá
September 16, 2011
Its own reason
September 8, 2011
Seven Valleys as a treasure map
August 29, 2011
The mystic sailor
August 23, 2011
The prisoner
August 16, 2011
Patience and impatience
August 9, 2011
Self and soul
July 23, 2011
Re-telling the tale (3 of 3)
July 16, 2011
Vision and the architect (2 of 3)
July 8, 2011
The First and the Last (1 of 3)
June 30, 2011
Origins of the self
June 23, 2011
The focus of religion
June 16, 2011
Only You
June 8, 2011
God is
May 31, 2011
Absorption in the Deity
May 23, 2011
A journey of recognition
May 15, 2011
The Divine Unity
May 7, 2011
By the sandy shore
April 30, 2011
God's mystery
April 24, 2011
The Day of Grace
April 15, 2011
More on the Fear of God
December 3, 2010
Love
August 26, 2010
Paean for the Broken
May 28, 2010
Why I love David Zindell
May 17, 2010
A metaphor of the Seven Valleys
May 10, 2010
True recognition
May 8, 2010
God and the impossible rock
May 10, 2009
Spirit and thought
April 12, 2009
Why it seems so hard
November 14, 2008
Moving forward
September 8, 2008
An absence of Freedom
August 24, 2008
A single point
July 13, 2008
Apologies to God
June 23, 2008
اسير نشدنی
June 9, 2008
Righteousness deserves no focus
May 16, 2008
Purpose
May 8, 2008
I Plead
May 2, 2008
The beauty of things
April 1, 2008
Maturity
December 31, 2007
All of us candles
December 29, 2007
Today and Tomorrow
August 5, 2007
Talk on the Seven Valleys
February 7, 2007
After the rain
January 9, 2007
Nearness
December 28, 2006
A subtle virtue
December 23, 2006
Time
December 19, 2006
Chess and life
October 16, 2006
Reading scripture
September 1, 2006
Adrift
August 17, 2006
Reflections on Khidr
August 9, 2006
Memory
July 23, 2006
The point of it all
July 14, 2006
Beloved of Him
June 28, 2006
Peace and satisfaction
June 18, 2006
The Irony of Truth
May 28, 2006
Contemplating the Ur-soul
May 18, 2006
Faith, reason and authority
May 8, 2006
Finding the key
May 2, 2006
The split
April 28, 2006
An unfailing love
April 25, 2006
The essence of morality
April 19, 2006
Days like diamonds
March 30, 2006
Tea!
March 23, 2006
A perspective on fame
January 25, 2006
It's all a game
January 24, 2006
Above the deeps
January 18, 2006
Orders of existence
December 31, 2005
Competition and spirituality
December 21, 2005
Culture and thought
December 13, 2005
A different reality
November 30, 2005
Waiting II
November 16, 2005
Discipline and energy
November 12, 2005
The long journey
November 2, 2005
Short man and long man
October 27, 2005
Life is in the living
October 26, 2005
The absolute additive
October 22, 2005
Finding a new sword
October 19, 2005
The measure
October 14, 2005
The real world
October 4, 2005
To be raazi
September 29, 2005
The reflexive principle
September 28, 2005
Lock and key
September 25, 2005
Aspen in fall
September 13, 2005
Even more pictures
September 6, 2005
Spirituality
August 30, 2005
Pictures from Colorado
August 29, 2005
The dark side
August 28, 2005
A realization
August 27, 2005
Dream of another life
August 22, 2005
Cultural interpretations
August 17, 2005
Images from the Southwest
August 16, 2005
Back on the road
July 31, 2005
Being in love
July 25, 2005
A letter of love
July 16, 2005
Pure light
July 14, 2005
Transparency
July 11, 2005
Backbiting
June 25, 2005
The pauper is a prince
June 24, 2005
Thoughts on time travel
June 14, 2005
Quality
June 13, 2005
The unexamined life
June 5, 2005
Like the wind
June 5, 2005
Perfection
June 3, 2005
Manifest being
June 1, 2005
Questioning "sin"
May 30, 2005
Body and spirit
May 28, 2005
Why bother?
May 27, 2005
Being together
May 26, 2005
Sacrifice and pain
May 23, 2005
Meditation on God's love
May 19, 2005
The hope of storms
May 17, 2005
A chalice filled
May 14, 2005
Thoughts on humility
May 13, 2005
Hidden essences
May 9, 2005
Third phase of poetry
May 8, 2005
Being free to submit
May 8, 2005
To be consumed
May 7, 2005
Night, tonight
May 7, 2005
The mirror
May 6, 2005
Some random thoughts
May 2, 2005
Making mistakes
May 2, 2005
No end
May 2, 2005
The Dawn
May 2, 2005
Those eyes
May 2, 2005
To Nasim
May 1, 2005
Borrow my eyes
May 1, 2005
Today
April 30, 2005
The Sleepers in the Cave
April 28, 2005
Commentary: The soul of rebellion
April 28, 2005
The wind
April 26, 2005
A dream
April 26, 2005
A kind of knowledge
April 26, 2005
Clarion call
April 24, 2005
More thoughts on ego
April 23, 2005
Thought on aging
April 21, 2005
The purpose of religion
April 20, 2005
Handful of dust
April 20, 2005
Little bird
April 20, 2005
Springtime
April 20, 2005
To Khidr
April 19, 2005
Dear Leyla
April 19, 2005
Making love
April 18, 2005
Four kinds of devotion
April 17, 2005
Catching a glimpse
April 17, 2005
Honey
April 17, 2005
Sweet girl
April 16, 2005
Podcasting experiment
April 15, 2005
Detachment and emotions
April 15, 2005
The mystic
April 13, 2005
Camphor
April 13, 2005
Prayer
April 13, 2005
The moon
April 12, 2005
People
April 11, 2005
For Lance
April 10, 2005
Praise
April 9, 2005
Feeling rich
April 9, 2005
God's puzzle
April 9, 2005
Introducing the Seven Valleys
April 9, 2005
Rhapsody on the Seven Valleys
April 8, 2005
Arrogant poetry
April 7, 2005
All bow
April 7, 2005
Persian script
April 7, 2005
Secrets of fire
April 7, 2005
The book
April 7, 2005
The Master
April 7, 2005
The Moth King
April 6, 2005
The tree
April 5, 2005
An Iranian beauty
April 5, 2005
Trying to return
April 3, 2005
My dear friends
April 2, 2005
Finding Thee
April 1, 2005
An easy exercise
March 31, 2005
Seize the day
March 30, 2005
How can I speak
March 30, 2005
Paying homage
March 30, 2005
Summer in Tempe
March 29, 2005
Foolishness
March 28, 2005
A fine day
March 28, 2005
Consumed
March 28, 2005
You
March 27, 2005
Destruction
March 27, 2005
One day
March 26, 2005
The secret
March 25, 2005
Journey of the seed
March 23, 2005
Trust
March 18, 2005
This is poetry
March 16, 2005
Hawk
March 15, 2005
The soul of rebellion
March 10, 2005
The mountains are also clouds
March 8, 2005
Two kinds of will
March 7, 2005
Reflective judgment
March 4, 2005
The Beloved as the sun
March 3, 2005
The destiny of the soul
February 16, 2005
A spiritual inheritance
February 13, 2005
Detachment and desire
February 8, 2005
Shout out to the old school
January 29, 2005
Paying respects
January 28, 2005
Trying
January 21, 2005
Fate
January 18, 2005
Faith and value
January 2, 2005
Mystic prince
January 1, 2005
A Journey of Faith
December 31, 2004
Going beyond thought
December 30, 2004
Taking another look
December 29, 2004
Love for it all
December 22, 2004
Turning pages
December 19, 2004
My thanks
December 18, 2004
Watching the desert
December 16, 2004
Spiritual poverty
December 15, 2004
Awaiting you
December 14, 2004
Religion's object
December 12, 2004
Striving for sorrow?
December 11, 2004
Fertile ground
December 9, 2004
The life of faith
December 8, 2004
Love and virtue
December 6, 2004
Angel
December 6, 2004
The inner life
December 4, 2004
Living in the now
December 3, 2004
Site restored
December 3, 2004
The bow
November 22, 2004
Seeking the soul-destroyer
November 15, 2004
Affirmative mysticism
November 15, 2004
What is philosophy?
November 13, 2004
Ruby wine
November 9, 2004
Sudden flash
November 4, 2004
Thoughts on the Four Valleys
November 3, 2004
Driving and the self
November 1, 2004
Sitting with the Friend
October 29, 2004
Experience
October 28, 2004
A beloved insanity
October 25, 2004
Creative morality
October 24, 2004
The will to be
October 23, 2004
Falling rain
October 20, 2004
The beauty of existence
October 17, 2004
The dervish and the thirsty one
October 16, 2004
The Lover
September 24, 2004
Farewell to a love
September 20, 2004
Passage from Watts
September 19, 2004
`Attár on Unity
September 18, 2004
Joy and duty
September 18, 2004
Mystic Manifesto
September 18, 2004
The real desert
September 17, 2004
Wingless flight
September 16, 2004
Human nature
September 15, 2004
Stepping beyond
September 14, 2004
A spiritual playground
September 13, 2004
A mystic's ramble
September 13, 2004
A spirit's rhapsody
September 13, 2004
abandon
September 13, 2004
The torch
September 13, 2004
Vanishing
September 12, 2004
Heat
September 12, 2004
The glory of limitation
September 11, 2004
Seeing beyond sight
September 10, 2004
Past thoughts
September 9, 2004
Non-dualism and maya
September 8, 2004
Being hard on ourselves
September 7, 2004
At one with everything?
September 5, 2004
The veil
August 31, 2004
The movement of being
August 30, 2004
Two sides of a coin
August 29, 2004
Somber sea
August 28, 2004
The many and the one
August 22, 2004
The steed of pain
August 21, 2004
Thoughts on awareness
August 19, 2004
A lover's pain
July 29, 2004
The beauty of southern Oregon
July 21, 2004
Journey on a light beam
July 20, 2004
All kinds of liberation
July 20, 2004
The prodigal car returns
July 19, 2004
Introducing: The hidden door
July 17, 2004
A house divided
July 16, 2004
Night and Day
July 15, 2004
The Cause of Joy
July 14, 2004
From sight to sound
July 13, 2004
Kingdom of Names
July 12, 2004
Contexts of perception
July 11, 2004
The irony
July 10, 2004
What lies beneath
July 9, 2004
Where did "I" go?
July 7, 2004
The poverty of ideas
June 19, 2004
Enjoying what the world offers
June 18, 2004
Sleeping earth
June 10, 2004
The world soul
June 8, 2004
Idle complaint and freedom
June 7, 2004
Mysticism
June 6, 2004
Joys of photography
June 5, 2004
Detachment
June 4, 2004
The life beyond this
June 3, 2004
Unsung virtues
May 27, 2004
The Faith Dynamic
May 19, 2004
Cactii in the Desert
May 12, 2004
Movie: *What the #$?! do we (k)now?*
May 8, 2004
To sail away
May 6, 2004
Black and white
May 6, 2004
Living with ADHD
May 6, 2004
Productivity and joy
May 6, 2004
The Fear of God
May 5, 2004
Pictures of Pacifica
May 2, 2004
Images of Aptos, California
May 1, 2004
Pat the Bunny
April 30, 2004
Planning for life
April 29, 2004
Doorway into Night
April 29, 2004
"Mind" and the individual
April 12, 2004
A river of fog
April 10, 2004
Poems from last summer
April 9, 2004
Stations of mystical truth
April 8, 2004
Duty and recognition
April 8, 2004
Exploring the unknown
April 8, 2004
Reflections on the Fast
April 8, 2004
The soul and perfection
April 7, 2004
Common questions about the Seven Valleys
April 7, 2004
The concept of self and the Kitáb-i-Íqán
April 7, 2004
Thoughts on homosexual acts
April 7, 2004
What is logic?
April 3, 2004
Multilinearity and Free Will
March 22, 2004
Are we abhorrent to God?
March 22, 2004
Love is a Veil
March 22, 2004
The distorting effects of time
March 21, 2004
Qalam (the Pen)
March 21, 2004
Thoughts of March
March 19, 2004
Pessimism and realism
March 18, 2004
On self-knowledge
March 17, 2004
A hollow reed
March 17, 2004
A metaphor for the self
March 17, 2004
A place along sunset beach
March 17, 2004
A sun's love
March 17, 2004
Adventures in Poetry
March 17, 2004
After watching the news
March 17, 2004
Afterwards
March 17, 2004
All things
March 17, 2004
At a park in Watsonville
March 17, 2004
At midnight
March 17, 2004
Athirst in Love's Desert
March 17, 2004
Autumn
March 17, 2004
Becoming nothing
March 17, 2004
Becoming
March 17, 2004
Being a man
March 17, 2004
Being human
March 17, 2004
Beside the Yarra river
March 17, 2004
Birthday wishes
March 17, 2004
Black
March 17, 2004
blue
March 17, 2004
Borders
March 17, 2004
Bridalveil Falls
March 17, 2004
Brief thoughts on "the camphor fountain"
March 17, 2004
Busy
March 17, 2004
Carlton Park
March 17, 2004
Chimeras walking
March 17, 2004
Cold
March 17, 2004
Content
March 17, 2004
Daydreams
March 17, 2004
Death
March 17, 2004
Definition
March 17, 2004
Desert sands
March 17, 2004
Far away blue
March 17, 2004
Fashion
March 17, 2004
Fear of God like spiritual inhibition
March 17, 2004
First poem about the sea
March 17, 2004
For Simón
March 17, 2004
For teachers
March 17, 2004
Forgotten
March 17, 2004
Friday
March 17, 2004
From language to words
March 17, 2004
Getting lost
March 17, 2004
Grandfather clock
March 17, 2004
Green lizards
March 17, 2004
Haircut
March 17, 2004
Have faith
March 17, 2004
Holding on
March 17, 2004
Hope
March 17, 2004
Human thought
March 17, 2004
If my heart were to speak...
March 17, 2004
Inclination
March 17, 2004
Inescapable light
March 17, 2004
Insouciance
March 17, 2004
Joy and Community Life
March 17, 2004
Le morte
March 17, 2004
Leave me
March 17, 2004
Life
March 17, 2004
Little Gila monster!
March 17, 2004
Little heart
March 17, 2004
Looking at the moon
March 17, 2004
Love and pain
March 17, 2004
Magic
March 17, 2004
Melbourne Zoo
March 17, 2004
Moon
March 17, 2004
Morning flower
March 17, 2004
Moving mountains
March 17, 2004
My life is my life
March 17, 2004
Never mind
March 17, 2004
Night journey
March 17, 2004
Nightfall at the lighthouse
March 17, 2004
Nightingale's song
March 17, 2004
No knowledge
March 17, 2004
No more
March 17, 2004
Nostalgia
March 17, 2004
Not there
March 17, 2004
Nothing better to write
March 17, 2004
Ode to a salmon
March 17, 2004
Pain
March 17, 2004
Passing me by
March 17, 2004
Pausing for a moment
March 17, 2004
Poetry best chronicles
March 17, 2004
Power
March 17, 2004
Procession
March 17, 2004
Programming
March 17, 2004
Proving infallibility
March 17, 2004
Reading the newspaper
March 17, 2004
Religion
March 17, 2004
Royal Botanic Gardens
March 17, 2004
Sail
March 17, 2004
Sea
March 17, 2004
Seasons
March 17, 2004
Second skin
March 17, 2004
Shine
March 17, 2004
Solstice
March 17, 2004
Someday
March 17, 2004
Something I thought you said
March 17, 2004
Songs of the night
March 17, 2004
Soul's journey
March 17, 2004
Standing in shadows
March 17, 2004
Take off from SF
March 17, 2004
Tear apart the world's veil
March 17, 2004
Technology
March 17, 2004
The black swans
March 17, 2004
The life we live
March 17, 2004
The melding
March 17, 2004
The mind duel
March 17, 2004
The mystery of life
March 17, 2004
The soul's tears
March 17, 2004
The space between souls
March 17, 2004
The waves of blue
March 17, 2004
The winding river
March 17, 2004
The world around us
March 17, 2004
They call it poetry
March 17, 2004
Thoughts on the Valley of Unity
March 17, 2004
Threadbare
March 17, 2004
Time to rest
March 17, 2004
To Ashley
March 17, 2004
Too much
March 17, 2004
Turtle
March 17, 2004
Unavoidable koan
March 17, 2004
Virginia autumn II
March 17, 2004
Virginia autumn
March 17, 2004
Visitor
March 17, 2004
Wealth
March 17, 2004
When I try to write
March 17, 2004
Whirlwind
March 17, 2004
Wolf
March 16, 2004
Faith and reality
March 16, 2004
God's intent in creating us
March 16, 2004
Modes of Seeing Reality
March 16, 2004
Serving joyfully
March 16, 2004
Some existentialist ideas relating to Bahá'í metaphysics
March 16, 2004
The aim of religion
March 16, 2004
Transcending suffering
March 15, 2004
Freedom to investigate truth
March 10, 2004
Doves who cry
March 10, 2004
Her name means "thoughtful"
March 10, 2004
Joy rests
March 10, 2004
Krishnamurti and "religion"
March 10, 2004
Remember me
March 10, 2004
Seeing
March 10, 2004
The sun says goodbye
March 10, 2004
Work of art
March 9, 2004
A Cup for the Rain
March 9, 2004
Day in the Snow
March 9, 2004
Moonlight Sonata
March 9, 2004
Sound
March 9, 2004
Taking things slowly
March 9, 2004
The Ride of Zan Shin
March 9, 2004
The Way of Love
March 9, 2004
The Wayfaring Raindrop
March 9, 2004
What's with Dominique Francon?
March 6, 2004
A Light in the Dark
March 6, 2004
A metaphor to describe the Bahá'í Fund
March 6, 2004
Advancing the process
March 6, 2004
An argument for the soul
March 6, 2004
Analogies of relationship
March 6, 2004
Change is natural
March 6, 2004
Christianity and damnation
March 6, 2004
Climb
March 6, 2004
Driving
March 6, 2004
Eastern methods of instruction, and the Valley of Search
March 6, 2004
Faith
March 6, 2004
Flight
March 6, 2004
Freefall
March 6, 2004
Funeral
March 6, 2004
Haiku
March 6, 2004
His Last Days
March 6, 2004
I remember the waves...
March 6, 2004
In Search Of
March 6, 2004
Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith
March 6, 2004
Joshua
March 6, 2004
Julia
March 6, 2004
Lethology
March 6, 2004
Linguistic style of the Bahá'í Writings
March 6, 2004
Mountain Pass
March 6, 2004
Nickels and dimes
March 6, 2004
On meditation
March 6, 2004
Opinions and truth
March 6, 2004
Our idea of God
March 6, 2004
Our relationship with God
March 6, 2004
Pragmatism and value
March 6, 2004
Property and prosperity
March 6, 2004
Regard your enemy as your friend...
March 6, 2004
Religion and authority
March 6, 2004
Religion and Ethics
March 6, 2004
Religion does not get harder
March 6, 2004
Relying on one another
March 6, 2004
Robot
March 6, 2004
Seeking the ideal beauty
March 6, 2004
Smoke
March 6, 2004
Social wealth
March 6, 2004
Spiders
March 6, 2004
The Alien Bookstore Owner
March 6, 2004
The believers are like an ocean
March 6, 2004
The Fund is the base
March 6, 2004
The game of life
March 6, 2004
The Golden Cow
March 6, 2004
The Greatest Name
March 6, 2004
The Manifestations of God
March 6, 2004
The observation station
March 6, 2004
The process of learning and mystical pursuit
March 6, 2004
The Traveler
March 6, 2004
Translating thought into language
March 6, 2004
Unknowable essences
March 6, 2004
Ways of the Force
March 6, 2004
What hell might be
March 3, 2004
Loving imperfection
March 2, 2004
About religious discipline
February 25, 2004
From San Diego
February 23, 2004
Of what can we be proud?
February 22, 2004
The Ego
February 20, 2004
A Mystic is...
February 19, 2004
Back home in San Francisco
February 19, 2004
Poem to the Sea
February 18, 2004
Falling in love
February 17, 2004
The candle as a lover
February 17, 2004
The Candle
February 16, 2004
Collective consciousness
February 15, 2004
Seeing imperfection in others
February 12, 2004
Dream of Chastity
February 12, 2004
Summer is in the heart
February 11, 2004
Favorite movies and songs
February 9, 2004
The Sun
February 7, 2004
On wealth
February 5, 2004
Teach all in mediocrity, or a few but well?
February 4, 2004
The Tao
February 3, 2004
Adventures in Poetry
February 2, 2004
Liberty and the lover
January 28, 2004
On beauty
January 27, 2004
On perfection
January 26, 2004
Unity is life
January 25, 2004
What is the ego?
January 23, 2004
Two poems
January 19, 2004
A thought experiment
January 16, 2004
Bread and Tulips
January 16, 2004
The heart is free
January 14, 2004
Duty and purpose
January 13, 2004
Hero
January 10, 2004
Fallen
January 9, 2004
The passing of Ashley Alvis
January 3, 2004
The clouds
January 1, 2004
A pretty challenge
January 1, 2004
Being hunted
January 1, 2004
Our plans
December 27, 2003
Greeting the Persians
December 19, 2003
Nature like a question
December 17, 2003
Faith, love and perfection
December 17, 2003
Strange feeling of excitement
December 11, 2003
Personality test
December 10, 2003
Introvert and extravert
December 9, 2003
The greatest happiness
December 8, 2003
The need for morals
December 7, 2003
The Way
December 5, 2003
The Last Samurai
December 4, 2003
Beliefs and desire
December 3, 2003
The Unknown
December 2, 2003
Nothingness and self
December 1, 2003
Feel of the midnight wind
December 1, 2003
The love of God
November 23, 2003
The Mouse Before Christmas
November 17, 2003
Breakable
November 16, 2003
A holy pain
November 16, 2003
A touch
November 16, 2003
At night in Santa Cruz
November 16, 2003
Be still my soul
November 16, 2003
Beauty
November 16, 2003
City lights
November 16, 2003
Don't wait too long
November 16, 2003
Dreaming
November 16, 2003
I've found you
November 16, 2003
Jennifer
November 16, 2003
Lazy day
November 16, 2003
Self reflection
November 16, 2003
Sending you a flower
November 16, 2003
She II
November 16, 2003
She
November 16, 2003
Sigh
November 16, 2003
Spell bound
November 16, 2003
Spellcaster
November 16, 2003
To Joel
November 16, 2003
Unwritable
November 16, 2003
Wandering
November 16, 2003
What changes you
November 15, 2003
The question
November 13, 2003
A drop of wisdom
November 13, 2003
Immediate knowing
November 13, 2003
Right now
November 12, 2003
Breakup
November 12, 2003
Normal
November 12, 2003
Rainy day
November 12, 2003
Waves upon the shore
November 11, 2003
Began weblog
November 10, 2003
A Song to the Beloved
November 10, 2003
Far afield
November 10, 2003
Halloween is over
November 8, 2003
Looking for the words to write
November 8, 2003
Quiet
November 8, 2003
Seeking truth
November 8, 2003
The burning
November 8, 2003
Unseen arms
November 8, 2003
Waiting for tomorrow
November 7, 2003
Landing
November 7, 2003
The soul knows
October 29, 2003
A moment's peace
October 29, 2003
Butterflies
October 29, 2003
Dreams
October 29, 2003
Intimacy
October 29, 2003
Just friends
October 29, 2003
Land of dreams
October 29, 2003
Like clouds
October 29, 2003
Lovers lament
October 29, 2003
Outside my window at work
October 29, 2003
Sea upon the sea
October 29, 2003
Silence
October 29, 2003
Sweet night
October 29, 2003
The cold
October 29, 2003
The heart's sparrow
October 29, 2003
The love of poetry
October 29, 2003
The poet
October 29, 2003
The weary world
October 29, 2003
Thursday
October 29, 2003
Waiting
October 29, 2003
Watsonville
October 29, 2003
Working world
October 28, 2003
Finding the path
October 28, 2003
To a smile
October 27, 2003
The sky
October 21, 2003
A candle's flame
October 21, 2003
Always
October 20, 2003
Caught
October 19, 2003
A tender suffering
October 19, 2003
I plead
October 19, 2003
Sleep calls to me
October 19, 2003
You awoke them
October 18, 2003
Wandering II
October 14, 2003
Male Fantasy
October 14, 2003
Pretty girl
October 14, 2003
To a stewardess
October 14, 2003
Whom we seek
October 12, 2003
To Roger and Dania
October 11, 2003
Just a pawn
October 8, 2003
The End
October 7, 2003
Flame itself
October 5, 2003
Parting
October 4, 2003
To a beautiful girl
October 3, 2003
Sound of sorrow
September 27, 2003
Different worlds
August 16, 2003
Untitled 25
August 13, 2003
Good bye to all, until we meet again
August 10, 2003
Untitled 24
August 8, 2003
The Western Romantic Ideal
August 6, 2003
Only a poem today
August 6, 2003
Untitled 21
August 6, 2003
Untitled 22
August 5, 2003
Definitions and the-thing-defined
August 5, 2003
Estrucan tombs, and the open sea
August 4, 2003
A mystical commentary on Quality
August 4, 2003
Rand's vision of Atlantis
August 3, 2003
A pen that wants no rest
August 3, 2003
After a quick trip to the hospital
August 3, 2003
On the nature of dependence
August 1, 2003
Una fantasia della notte
August 1, 2003
Untitled 20
July 31, 2003
The Arno in the late sun...
July 31, 2003
Untitled 18
July 30, 2003
An analogy of the self
July 29, 2003
Another retelling: The metaphysics of light
July 29, 2003
Untitled 19
July 29, 2003
What we love to do
July 28, 2003
An essay to tie the pieces
July 28, 2003
Bringing Sartre into the mix
July 27, 2003
A cappuccino in every hand
July 27, 2003
Untitled 17
July 26, 2003
A short story and another essay
July 26, 2003
To sea
July 25, 2003
A poem and three short essays from Florence
July 23, 2003
Untitled 16
July 20, 2003
Italian skies are also blue
July 16, 2003
A contingent freedom
July 16, 2003
Building a bridge between Rand and Sartre
July 15, 2003
A borrowed tale
July 15, 2003
A cool image
July 15, 2003
A leaf falls
July 15, 2003
A maple leaf
July 15, 2003
A mime
July 15, 2003
A pen that wants no rest
July 15, 2003
A storm in Italy
July 15, 2003
A thing to die for
July 15, 2003
Choice
July 15, 2003
Crumbs of camphor
July 15, 2003
Dear Augustus
July 15, 2003
Enter the night
July 15, 2003
Escape from summer
July 15, 2003
Every being is a symbol
July 15, 2003
I wished to be known
July 15, 2003
Rays of light
July 15, 2003
Rivers of people
July 15, 2003
Spider's Web
July 15, 2003
Step outside
July 15, 2003
Temple of Pain
July 15, 2003
The Arno in the late sun
July 15, 2003
The Place of Honor
July 15, 2003
The Reach of Man
July 15, 2003
The rose
July 15, 2003
The sun hangs low
July 15, 2003
The zest of life
July 15, 2003
Toward the light
July 15, 2003
Undivided Being
July 15, 2003
When time is fullest
July 15, 2003
Without words
July 11, 2003
Further on the passion of possibility
July 10, 2003
Untitled 14
July 9, 2003
Mmmmm... Tortellini
July 9, 2003
Untitled 13
July 7, 2003
Untitled 12
July 6, 2003
Where once was an empire...
July 4, 2003
Untitled 11
July 3, 2003
Untitled 10
July 2, 2003
Hello from Florence!
June 30, 2003
Untitled 9
June 28, 2003
Implications of E=mc2
June 27, 2003
Untitled 8
June 26, 2003
To Youth in the Bahá'í Faith
June 24, 2003
Untitled 7
June 23, 2003
Untitled 5
June 23, 2003
Untitled 6
June 22, 2003
Rand's philosophy
June 22, 2003
Untitled 4
June 21, 2003
Assuming responsibility for our life
June 21, 2003
Thoughts from another shore
June 19, 2003
Life owes us nothing
June 18, 2003
Tales of Cataluña
June 17, 2003
About ego
June 16, 2003
Untitled 3
June 15, 2003
A Cigarette Butt (on the night of Sant Joan)
June 15, 2003
A Keen Intent
June 15, 2003
Bright future
June 15, 2003
Fireworks (of Sant Joan)
June 15, 2003
Pain II
June 15, 2003
Poem for Naw-Rúz
June 15, 2003
Poetry
June 15, 2003
Pressing rain
June 15, 2003
Spirituality
June 15, 2003
The call of life
June 15, 2003
The mood of night
June 15, 2003
The pretty girls
June 15, 2003
The sea and her secrets
June 15, 2003
The sea exhales
June 15, 2003
The silent life
June 15, 2003
The Spirit of Fire
June 15, 2003
The waves
June 15, 2003
This pen
June 15, 2003
To remember me
June 15, 2003
To the owner of La Granja Elsa
June 15, 2003
When a loving eye takes extra pains
June 14, 2003
Untitled 2
June 12, 2003
The Meme
June 11, 2003
Variations on a theme of sun and sand...
June 6, 2003
More from Andalucia
June 6, 2003
Poem to the falling sun
June 5, 2003
Joy is at the Heart of it All
June 3, 2003
A sea of arms and legs
June 3, 2003
Bright Andalucia
May 28, 2003
Untitled 1
January 24, 2003
Tales I tell myself
January 23, 2003
A cherished sound
January 18, 2003
Letter to the Watchman
August 21, 2001
Faced with a Puzzle
January 1, 1996
Artistic endeavor
January 1, 1996
Bantering in Spanish
January 1, 1996
Brief thoughts
January 1, 1996
Casting spells
January 1, 1996
Conceptions of faith
January 1, 1996
Creation from nothingness
January 1, 1996
Economy of force
January 1, 1996
Emotional memory
January 1, 1996
Flight
January 1, 1996
Gain and loss
January 1, 1996
Genuine certitude
January 1, 1996
Hexadecimal alphabet for code
January 1, 1996
Human relationships
January 1, 1996
Judging life
January 1, 1996
Levels of awareness
January 1, 1996
Life is without sorrow
January 1, 1996
Mistakes
January 1, 1996
Moonlight
January 1, 1996
No absolute existence
January 1, 1996
Obsession with the alien
January 1, 1996
On the runway in LA
January 1, 1996
Other forms of memory
January 1, 1996
Our own reflection is invisible
January 1, 1996
Patterns in time
January 1, 1996
Privacy and diaries
January 1, 1996
Rational plausibility
January 1, 1996
Relative detachment
January 1, 1996
Resistance to change
January 1, 1996
Revealing God
January 1, 1996
Significance of morality
January 1, 1996
Study for a change of heart
January 1, 1996
The beauty of truth
January 1, 1996
The boredom point
January 1, 1996
The concept of ownership
January 1, 1996
The danger of praise
January 1, 1996
The mind's release
January 1, 1996
The power of love
January 1, 1996
The reality of everyday existence
January 1, 1996
The stages of chess mastery
January 1, 1996
The truth of the present
January 1, 1996
Thought and ignorance
January 1, 1996
To zen
January 1, 1996
Ultimate symbol of detachment
January 1, 1996
We awaken through understanding
January 1, 1996
Wearing away the self
January 1, 1996
Why do religions have a winter?
January 1, 1996
Why I see beauty
January 1, 1996
Writing haiku
January 1, 1992
Flight of the Archaeopteryx