by Infinite Smile | Jun 25, 2009 | Blog, Photos
Book Talk Originally uploaded by Michael G. McAlister
by Infinite Smile | Jun 11, 2009 | Blog, Book: Awake in This Life
I’ve been reading and listening to lots of conflict over the past several days. Along with the recent killing of the doctor who performs abortions as well as yesterday’s shooting at the Holocaust Museum, it got me thinking about some writing I did on this...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 8, 2009 | Blog
A couple of more pieces on the ongoing saga of Osel Hita Torres who recently left monastic life and his tradition: Over at the Guardian, Victoria Coren offers up an interesting bit of analysis: …you have to know what you are rejecting. Otherwise, the rejection...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 7, 2009 | Blog
I thought I’d share this exchange I just had with a reader: Michael, for some reason, issues of guru abuse are coming at me from every direction. I just had a good friend call me asking to talk – she has been with a guru here in the Bay Area for 7 years...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 5, 2009 | Blog
Over at the Intent.com, Deepak Chopra offers some analysis of Obama’s speech in Cairo: …it was a cobweb-clearing speech. The content wasn’t exceptional. Before Muslims assumed the role of bogeyman after 9/11, any tolerant educated person realized...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 4, 2009 | Blog
Carrie Rickey, at the Philadelphia Inquirer writes: Maybe you knew David Carradine from his role as the title character, the stonefaced assassin in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. Or maybe you knew him as Woody Guthrie, the plainspoken folk singer and folk hero...
