ENCOUNTERING IMAGES #2 WORDSWORTH
Wordsworth is our great teacher of how to contemplate images in nature, and therefore in our dreams.
Dreams
Jean Valentine a poet of the dream
“I had a teacher in college who said, ‘You could write from your dreams,’” she told Ploughshares, the literary magazine, in 2008, “and that was like being given a bag full of gold.” I was sad to learn of the death of Jean Valentine a gifted poet who wrote in the perfume of the dream. … Read more
CALM APP INTERVIEW
I was interviewed for the Calm App, and featured in their ongoing series, Sparks. Here we talk a little about the benefit of keeping track of your dreams, and how to work with the images they offer.
Dreams and Afflictive Emotions
I first heard the question during the visit to Dharamsala in 1990 I narrated in The Jew in the Lotus. What are the methods for dealing with “afflictive states of mind”? In this hour long teaching, which I presented recently to the IMSB (Insight Meditation South Bay) I begin with a succinct presentation of HH … Read more
Chanukah and The Leftovers: Choose Life
Tuesday December 15 2020 I wake from a dream. 92-20 is all I remember. I am short of breath. A panic. I drink the air deep deep and now the feeling goes away. Apnea? The feeling of death. The train whistle blows long and loud. The train horn. Four blasts. 92-20. The partial combination of … Read more
Dante at the Gates of Hell
Encountering Images Series #1 From time to time I will be offering examples of encounters with images from poetry. The point is to show what we might learn from the poets about how to better engage with images in our dreams. In the opening of Canto III inferno, “Dante” and “Virgil” stand before the gates … Read more