Carnal Zen is my forum to explore all the ideas, contradictions, religions and credit card bills that pepper my life.
You are ok. I am ok. In this moment there are no fears, no regrets and no mistakes there is only love. All is ok in the world and all is as it should be. Breathe.
I’ve always loved chants. How the OM sound can bring you peace - whether or not you follow a particular [...]
Looking over recent entries, I talk a lot about spiritual awareness but one of the reasons this blog began was to find balance. The spiritual journey can take us so deeply into ourselves that we neglect the human experience. We focus on disciplines and practice self denial in silent apology for the [...]
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 [...]