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Category: The Spirit

Unexpected Thanks

Posted on November 22, 2012February 5, 2019 by

I have so much to be thankful for, today and everyday. As Quakers, we are reminded that “thanksgiving” is a state of mind, a way of living. Still, it helps to have a special day on the calendar to be especially and publicly assessing what we are thankful for. There is the usual list of…

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What I Learned About Myself by Dying at SomARTS

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

This Saturday, I had the pleasure of being at the closing celebration for the "Day of the Dead" art exhibition at the wonderful SomARTS center in Soma, SF.  There were a ton of excellent "Day of the Dead" themed art installations all over the place, including my friend Niloufar Talebi's very moving video installation "everybodydies." …

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Visiting the Berkeley Friends Church and Christ-loving Quakers

Posted on June 10, 2012 by

Today I went to my first "programmed" Quaker Meeting for Worship, at the Berkeley Friends Church. There are many strains of Quakerism, only some fraction of which I am familiar with. One of the largest divisions among Quakers are between the "programmed" and "unprogrammed" Meetings for Worship.  "Programmed" for Quakers refers to the kind of…

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Cherry Blossoms in Cemetery: Beauty and Transcience

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

In Japan, cherry blossoms are symbols of the fleeting nature of life, since they bloom so quickly, and are gone just as fast. So it's appropriate to see a cluster of them at the Mountain View cemetery in Oakland, where I run a couple of times a week. Seeing the blossoms in bloom this morning…

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Google’s Project Glass and Spiritual Augmented Reality

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

  Today at Quaker Meeting for Worship I gave this message: I've been thinking about this new project that people at Google are working on.  It's called "Project Glass." Essentially it's a pair of glasses you wear that present different information on a display in front of your face.  They call it "augmented reality."  So…

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Thankful

Posted on February 19, 2012February 5, 2019 by

About a year ago, I moved to the Bay Area from New York, with some fairly ill-defined goals — more of what Quakers call a “leading,” rather than any kind of concrete plan.  I knew that I wanted to be closer to my family.  I felt like it was time for some kind of big…

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Christmas Decorations on Graves? No, Thank You.

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Note to my loved ones: When I have discarded this mortal coil, please feel under no obligation to put cheesy seasonal decorations around my gravestone.  Wherever I end up, I have passed beyond all interest in tinsel, foil and plastic fake trees. Thanks for understanding. (Seen at Mountain View Cemetary, Oakland.)

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“67 Sueños”: Pro-migrant Mural Unveiling on August 26 at SF Quaker Meetinghouse

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

I am happy to share that a really beautiful new mural on a pro-migrant social justice theme is being officially unveiled on Friday August 26 in downtown San Francisco.  On the northern wall of the San Francisco Quaker Meetinghouse, the new mural is called "67 Sueños" (67 dreams).  Created by muralist Pancho Pescador in collaboration…

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My Quaker-inspired Solo Dance Piece “The Message” (video)

Posted on August 22, 2011November 9, 2022 by

Yesterday at San Francisco Quaker Meeting, after the morning worship, I performed for the first time publicly my solo dance piece “The Message” before an audience of about 30 people. This is a personal piece that comes out of my experience at Quaker Meeting for Worship, particularly what Quakers refer to as “sharing a message”…

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Tim Ferriss Tackles Spirituality in “The Four Hour Spirit”

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

For those of you who are die-hard Tim Ferriss fans, having quit your normal 9-5 to travel the world and live off of your mail-order oven mitt business, working on your killer abs and having great sex, you might be wondering what is next from the "4-hour" wunderkind? Well I have it from reliable sources…

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