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“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.”
― Chögyam Trungpa
Intro music “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range. Outro: “Too Much Reality,” by Brett Newski.
A little something just for subscribers. Who knew Lynyrd Skynyrd could be so sexy?
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Hi Chris, You reminded me that I spent a summer in the mid-70s at Naropa with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpche. I remember him being 2 hours late to "darshan" and when he arrived he was drunk. He told us that those 2 hours we were "waiting" were his most important teaching. It was a great summer—climbing the Flatirons on acid, doing "performance art" on the streets of Boulder, learning Tai Chi, and receiving an offer from a major publisher for the Breast Book my then-wife and I were doing—interviewing hundreds of women and photographing their breasts. Ah, the memories!
Hey Chris and everyone! Greetings from Hainan in China. I just wanted to say thanks for touching on the idea of hostility from people seeing you find your path. I quit my teaching job in Canada to move to Malaysia and ultimately China, when I came back to my town feeling like I was finally following my dream and it was met with a ton of hostility. Anyways,thanks to you and this community for showing there are alternative ways to live and thrive. Lots of love folks!