February 18, 2025
I’ve been basically avoiding calls into the in-between realms lately. They still happen but I’ve only responded rarely. I’m in this place of being tired of teaching. I feel full of information and what I really need is to be empty. Meditation provides this emptiness. Maybe this urge is brought on by the busy world in which I live. I’m bombarded with information all the time and a lot of emotions as well from others. Americans–and probably everyone on the Earth right now–are noisy and chaotic. They spew all sorts of stuff all of the time without even realizing it. It’s exhausting. There isn’t any way to tune it out without tuning out the important stuff and I feel like I’m getting better at maintaining my equanimity, largely due to quiet meditations full of nothing. When I am called into the in-between realms, no surprise, the theme is death. Today was no exception. I found myself in a dark and gloomy wood of tall, straight trees. The feeling of despair was heavy here. Before me w...