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Gender: Male

Age: 38

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Chinese Sign: Metal Dog

Location: Buffalo, NY

“The eyes of compassion see the many beings… the ocean of happiness and timeless life is boundless.”  
                                                                  ~Author Unknown


I have been sitting for some time now - always it arises and sets - sitting and not sitting - slowly opening the Minds eye to reveal the soul's dream that is composed of just now, just this  - I am Buffalo born and bred, a writer and poet whose journey to different places not far…

Rolling off the clouds, the sky night merge day, moon and sun, to ask this question is to have no answer and where are we and what is at the root of this “I” pond puddle rain clouded by mud and there is a flowering of consciousness as the petals fall away to diminishing as we wander through the mountain of time in the passing moments of days weeks months and years…

This poem came ten years back, entitled “through the day”

this night
moment walking
home with moon
shining mind
this moment
itself

autumn bends
turning in
moonward
toward home

it is and is not here
still moon
no mind
same moment
never ending

To my fellow workers in the Buddha fields - what a pleasure it is to be here and participate in the evolution of things!

My vocation is that of a rehabilitation counselor working for individuals with traumatic brain injury to live independently in the community and as a vocational case manager for individuals with developmental disabilities… the Buddhas and Bodhisattva's abound every where and I find much wisdom in deep, dark places within others, within myself.

In spare time, I have created a podcast/ radio show called Unraveling Religion: Mysticism, Spirituality and Awakening on Thinktwice Radio (thinktwiceradio.com) in the Western New York region.

World religion, poetry, spirituality, meditation, encompassing the makeup of our mind and life.  The crux of the show is the manifestation of questions and answers to my own personal koan “What is the matter with me?”  which reveals the individual and universal aspects of  our inherent and potent creativity. Everything is flux. Everything is poetry.

Dogen says, ”Mind is beyond measure. Things given are beyond measure, moreover, in giving, the gift transforms Mind and Mind transforms the gift.”

So, may it be with each of you…

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