Why I Use The Word “Enlightenment”

by karen on October 10, 2012

It’s your business to know the names of things . . .

The Little Duck

by karen on September 13, 2012

A friend just sent me this poem.  I was a little floored when I read it – it mirrored so perfectly an experience I had just prior to awakening.  

What Would the Buddha Copyright?

by karen on May 21, 2012

This piece is a bit of a departure.  I wrote it with my friend and fellow meditator Eran Globen.  We both think information on the Internet should be as freely available as possible, and this essay came out of a conversation we had about difficulties he had developing a site to support information sharing among meditators.