Sun, clouds, rain and 20 years out of high school and the circuitous life streams merge into one. My applications to Ben Gurion and Sackler were denied. There is more here to do. I am retaking the MCAT in December, this time with renewed vigor and determination.

Maj once wrote to me in a letter, "Contemplation alters the course of rivers." From this human perspective, I create my path in any direction I choose. To allow this to unfold of its own course is the highest wisdom, so that the observer and the Way become One, and that One way is G-d's way for me. To relinquish my agenda opens G-d's Will before me. This makes all things possible, unknown and possible. 

Here, now.

Space, time.

The spaceless, the timeless.

All here, now.

Eternity is revealed in the breath and pieced in the song of birds. God's love is all of this: pain, sorrow, loss, glory, life, and the world. From the Heart Sutra: "form is emptienss and emptiness form." God alone Is. So, what are we? What am I?

Nothing... it is but a gift...


 

Kerri Kannan lives in upstate, NY with her two beautiful daughters.  She is a motivational speaker, self-love mentor and the author of the book, Uncovering the Divine Within - A Journey of Self-Love. Kerri is also the creator of the 30 day Love your Body and Love Your Life Transformation programs and has been host of her own internet radio program. You can order her book at http://www.innercirclepublishing.com/ or contact her directly by visiting her website at http://www.divinewithin.com/  

We had a wonderful time reconnecting with Kerri, the show was an exploration and discussion of Who We Are and was interspersed with Rumi poems relating to the discussion. Kerri had interviewed me in January on her podcast on Aware!'s Uncovering the Divine Within. This time it was my turn and the discussion was terrific. So, gassho to you Kerri, and thanks again.

The next Unraveling Religion show is scheduled for July 15th, 2008 and we are in talks with our next guest for the show. Confirmation will come soon.

Namaste....

Rev. Kyoki Roberts is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and is a founding member of the Order of the Prairie Wind (OPW). She is the senior ordained student of Rev. Nonin Chowaney, Head Priest of Heartland Temple and OPW. She has trained at Hokyoji Monastery in Minnesota, San Francisco Zen Center and Green Gulch Farm in California, and Zuioji and Shogoji monasteries in Japan. Kyoki received Dharma Transmission from Rev. Nonin Chowaney, OPW in June 2001. She was appointed to serve as Deep Spring Temple's first Head Priest. She serves on the Board of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association, and the Program Committee of the American Zen Teachers Association.

Also... Bronc rider, cow puncher, cornhusking queen of Nebraska, grower of cornchips and tofu blocks, long distance walker, loves to sing but can't carry a tune, driver of combines and kittycats, plays in dirt and ain't a half-bad camp cook.

Thinktwice Radio's Unraveling Religion had its second installment on February 28th, 2008. The show's theme was The Interconnection of World Teachings and was an interview with Anjali Kumar, a Yoga instructor from Maryland who has studied many different world religions and teachings. The show can be found at www.thinktwiceradio.com and click on the Unraveling Religion link and one can find it there.

Anjali was a wondeful guest who provided a great deal of terrain regarding the similiarities of different world religions, explicated in a simple and direct format and spoke about the global differences of our preceptions of spirituality and God.

Any feedback, please contact me, Joel at joel.lesses@gmail.com