Monthly Archives: September 2015

Priming

Priming the Pumpers (the weight lifters) When I was around twenty years old I lifted weights at the downtown Newark, N.J. YMCA. Occasionally my friend and I would ask one of the big body builders whether he was ill or had … Continue reading

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Enlightenment

Though I am Jewish, I used to be envious of people who believed in Christ and could surrender their angst to him. I was not religious and was full of angst. So I could never have imagined experiencing bodhi, an … Continue reading

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