Carnal Zen is my forum to explore all the ideas, contradictions, religions and credit card bills that pepper my life.
My last post called serendipity a “slut”. It’s not a word I use often and then only in jest. Still the term got me thinking about the many ways that we try to infuse spirituality into our daily lives and the ways we perpetually, even unconsciously, oppose it. Touch is one of the ways we show [...]
I heart Dave Matthews Band - though I only started to a decade after he became big. I’m looking forward to seeing them again live in a few weeks, letting my hair down, sticking my feet in the grass and getting drunk on lyrics. The same lyrics that others hate.
The phrase ‘astral projection’ (out of [...]
Sunday yoga at my gym is a crap shoot. In 6 months we have had 7 different instructors. Some were really bad, others mediocre. One pretended to ignore a raucous argument between students over a ringing cell phone. The time worked for me, the location perfect so I held out. Turns out, it was worth [...]
I happened upon this page on some website, some link. The words “beyond belief” just appeared, and when it did, something clicked. We use the phrase in common ways to talk about uncommon happenings but we seldom sit down and define what we believe in.
Maybe you know the big answers…do you believe in God? Evolution? [...]
With blogging, self doubt has emerged. Self doubt is not sexy. Who are the people who would be interested in my musings, my life? When I have nothing to say…will they go away? Am I using the right words or being too esoteric? Am I preaching or did I say nothing at all? Is this an ego party or [...]