http://shantimai.com/blog Life Teaching from Shanti Mai Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:34:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been reading Ram Das' book, Still Here.  Wise, candid, and poignant.  Timely, too, as I recently flirted with death.  Shirley's death, to be more precise.  She was expected to die any day. I spent two weeks with this 94-yr.-old, annointing her as they did in the Bible, her favorite ... http://shantimai.com/blog/still-here.html Last week I was writing an email to people in power, pleading for justice.  We all do that; these days there are many serious issues to plead about!  In closing my email, I found myself signing it, "In Humanity". I then realized, with a start, that its opposite - inhumanity -  ... http://shantimai.com/blog/in-humanity-inhumanity.html Unlike so many Americans with African roots, Barack Obama is lucky to know which country his family hails from.  It'd be like knowing merely that you were European...  Italian?  Portugese.  Belgian?  Finnish! Scottish?  Not many of us would be comfortable with such vague information. When I was in 5th grade, a ... http://shantimai.com/blog/112.html I'd been so very zen in the many months leading up to the election.  Que sera, sera!  Whatever will be, will be. I was calm and surrendered - and ready! Prepared for any untoward surprise -  another stolen election, martial law... But a different kind of surprise was in store for ... http://shantimai.com/blog/tonight-nov-4th-2008.html Maharishi Mahesh Yogi used to compare meditation with pulling the arrow back on the bow:  pulling the arrow in the  opposite direction prepared it for stronger, more focused action later.   My time in San Francisco was like that.  There was time spent with my powerful (and beloved!) daughter, Sophia, being an integral part of ... http://shantimai.com/blog/sirens-song-of-seattle.html I'm looking for a really smart tech person (I am not skilled in that department!). For blog issues, website work, computer questions, and the like - not necessary to have design or artistic ability, just the ability to implement it! I'd like an ongoing relationship, where I can call or email ... http://shantimai.com/blog/computer-website-help.html A couple of my friends impressed me today. One of them was 845 miles away, yet managed to send me a Skype message by thinking about me.  Didn't touch her Skype account, yet a message came in from her account! Okay, the "voice message" was very short, and had no voice, but ... http://shantimai.com/blog/nowhere-and-in-the-right-places.html One of the perks of living in city is the occasional opportunity to be on the cutting edge.... Today (in San Francisco) I was part of a focus group, discussing and RIDING the new A2B electric bike. What a blast! I left with a feeling very similar to the one I ... http://shantimai.com/blog/a2b-i-want-it.html Note  added July 28th:  I have good reason to believe that the problem mentioned below is being fixed at - or in the general vicinity of - this moment! So now on to the original post: My blog entries are not showing up most-recent first, but in the order they were written ... http://shantimai.com/blog/feeling-lucky-an-offer.html I just saw the 2001 film L.I.E.  (which stands for Long Island Expressway) last night, and today I can't get it out of my mind. It's haunting, moving, unpredictable. The questions is, is it addictive? It is a very, very rare thing for me to want to see any movie ... http://shantimai.com/blog/lie.html