Carnal Zen is my forum to explore all the ideas, contradictions, religions and credit card bills that pepper my life.
Karma dictates that we send love into the world. Even without the promise of reciprocity, I would send good will to all, even to you Mr. Lying-Thieving Mechanic.
2:00p.m. - I hung up the phone, relieved. $82.00 plus towing. Whew, that little puddle I drove through didn’t break the bank. I shared the good news with [...]
I am not a Buddhist. This fact was confirmed as I weaved through traffic at 7:37p.m. at breakneck speed, muttering profanity and contemplating surrender when parking at the Drolma Meditation Center appeared impossible. I lingered long enough to watch others parking in the strip mall across the street, and scamper in to the 7:30 class before deciding [...]
Predictably, I recently read Eat, Pray, Love wherein Elizabeth Gilbert shares her devotional studies at an ashram in India. I can’t afford the flight to India, even if I could scrape up the spare change and abandon my day job - I’d turn into the backpack wearing, camera wielding tourist in Mumbai or New Delhi [...]