Carnal Zen is my forum to explore all the ideas, contradictions, religions and credit card bills that pepper my life.
My dialogue is close to horrible. I love to read but could never write fiction. Plots feel too contrived, too forced. Yet, for as long as I can remember I have been writing scripts. Scripts for how my life would turn out, pages of text filled with expectations and storylines. Far too often I’ve attached [...]
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 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? [...]
I am an American. Not a German or Italian or a Scot, not really. I am a daughter, I am a sister, I am also a woman. Very few truths are set, from the moment of your birth.
I remember the story of a devout Tibetan monk who was believed to be able to tell fortunes. Knowing this, one of [...]