Archive for February, 2014

Shambhala – Up Close and Personal

Shambhala is a kingdom hidden somewhere in Inner Asia. Shambhala gradually came to be seen as a Buddhist Pure Land, a fabulous kingdom whose reality is visionary or spiritual as much as physical or geographic. On our 3rd day in the Gobi Desert, we returned to Shambhala to explore the now quiet […]

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Home

I’m home. A simple and familiar phrase we all use. I’m home—the words invoke images of relief, accomplishment, celebration. But although my backpack is sitting in the corner and my boots are by the door, I’m not located here. I’m home, but I’m not whole; I’m scattered all over the […]

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