How the Spirit Knows — Knowing The spirit can know The spirit knows by looking and seeing for itself The spirit can believe but for the spirit to believe a falsehood it must have ceased looking or it has not looked long enough, sincerely enough, or deeply enough to truly see Meditation is how we…

Beautiful Memories — I was eighteen this summer, the famed Summer of Love. I did a lot of hitchhiking in those days — it was relatively safe then, and drivers were not so weary about picking up strangers and offering them a ride. The song has a very specific and clear seed. Strangely…

Its True Meaning — The word “diet” (from Greek diaita, “course of life”) needs to reclaim its original sense of being what a person or animal usually eats and drinks to sustain life, a daily fare. Rather, these days the word has taken on the meaning of a special or limited selection of foods…

a Song Lyric — Stephen Let me confess, this song was directly inspired by Cordelia’s Dad’s The Frozen Girl; I just loved the long, story-telling ballad, so reminiscent of the Swedish Skillingtryck (things that cost a shilling to print/buy — a broadsheet ballad) which my dad loved and which I used to sing as…

a Song Lyric — Sleep, when you stop to think about it, I mean really stop, and really think about it, is one of the strangest phenomena around. Really, what is it good for? Rest? You can rest sitting down reading a book. Recharging batteries? I can think of many things that are better…

a Song Lyric — Phantoms At times, growing up, I felt — almost knew — that behind love (and here I’m talking about infatuation or sexual attraction/compulsion) there was nothing. Just shadows. All my reason has fled me left I stand with one single hope in hand Hearts and lovers have led me darkly and I wish…

Spiritual Focus Sustained, directed alert awareness is the light that seeks finds, sees, and dispels the deepest shadow © Wolfstuff Wolfstuff So, who am I? Really really. I could tell you that I was born in northern Sweden during a snow storm, and subsequently…wolfstuff.com

Selves The body-mind self — a fluctuating relative phenomenon The true self — an aware stillness © Wolfstuff Wolfstuff So, who am I? Really really. I could tell you that I was born in northern Sweden during a snow storm, and subsequently…wolfstuff.com

Hopefully Later Rather Than Sooner — I will die later rather than sooner. That is the plan; but, of course, there’s no guarantee. I could go at any time, as Neil Finn (of Crowded House) so eloquently (and beautifully) put it. Of course, I along with millions of others, know that he sings about everybody except…