We meditate in self-imposed isolation in order to act more fully and joyfully in the world.
We meditate to discover the Truth, and bring this Truth into each of our acts, trivial or profound.
We meditate to remember, to chart the future by consulting the past.

I am finished with school, officially passed, my thesis substantially complete. For the first time in a long time i feel i am again at the crossroads. Yet it is not simply a north-south road meeting an east-west road, it is a dynamic intersection where truly all destinations are available.

I have little money and much enthusiasm, little idea and much hope. the only plans that have settled so far is a 2 to 3 month stint at the spiritual intentional community that i apprenticed at over the summer. The general purpose is to solidify a strong meditation practice, to refine my thesis into the story it wants to be, to arrive at a simple and healthy diet, and to share time with others in the community in gardening, maintenance, and building.

More and more i see that not only am i at a salient crossroads, but that our global tribe is also at the crossroads. Our planet is at the crossroads, and we are all taking part in this next stage of the cosmic journey.

I only wish to be present in this journey, do the work that is laid before me, and find wholeness and completion in my small but integral part.


I am not ready to give up my dreams for 'security' or relative comfort. Available to each of us is true security--freedom from bondage--if only we follow our dreams, our 'personal legends', our deep and calm inner voice to which so many of us have become deaf. I do not buy what this industrial culture is selling, for it is sick of itself. The talking heads are just as lost as i am, and they offer false salvation.

Buddha put it simply, 'abstain from that which harms any being at any level; cultivate the saintly virtues of morality, patience, generosity, loving-kindness, truth, willpower, and equanimity; and release/surrender into the infinite.' This i am buying, for this is worth my money, my time, effort, and life.

Yet this for me is not easy, in fact is is oft'times sheer war. But little by little balance restores, effort becomes less effortful, and deep satisfying happiness arises. Little by little, bit by bit.

So for now i am taking the next step, little by little, bringing me for a short time to Sirius Community. After this will come the next step, but not just yet.

I am so happy for all of you on this journey with me, so happy for your happiness, so happy for your experience of coming out of delusion into truth. May you all be happy, be well, and be liberated in your own righteousness.

-justin