What Steve’s been up to?

Well, I got my Mac­Book and am able to write again with­out hav­ing to deal with com­puter prob­lems, although I’m still in the learn­ing stage with this.

You may won­der what I’ve been doing the past cou­ple of months. I’ve been doing a re-examination of my faith, going back to beginner’s mind, let­ting go, embrac­ing doubts and new ways of look­ing at things, med­i­tat­ing, and read­ing exten­sively. I’m pretty much where I was before, but with more clar­ity, under­stand­ing and depth.

Some of the books I’ve been read­ing include: Intel­li­gence and Under­stand­ing by Osho. Intel­li­gence was OK, but I couldn’t get through Under­stand­ing due to his bel­liger­ent, overt athe­ism. The other books I read were all good and I highly rec­om­mend them. The Great Trans­for­ma­tion by Karen Arm­strong, Why Reli­gion in an Age of Dis­be­lief by Hus­ton Smith, The Inner Dimen­sions of Outer Space by Joseph Camp­bell, The G.O.D. Exper­i­ments by Gary Swartz, The Bha­gavad Gita, The Phi­los­o­phy and Reli­gion of Sri Cai­tanya by O.B.L. Kapoor, Liv­ing Bud­dha Liv­ing Christ by Tich Nat Hahn and Paths to God by Ram Dass. Also the dvds: The Power of Myth–Joseph Camp­bell and Bill Moy­ers, The Mystic’s Journey–Huston Smith and Zardoz–John Boor­man. I am just begin­ning The God We Never Knew by Mar­cus Borg.

I meet a cou­ple, Paul and Judy, who are Pure Land Bud­dhists start­ing a cen­ter in Hilo. We have begun a good rela­tion­ship and share cer­tain beliefs such as grace, chant­ing Holy Names and a per­sonal after­life. We are going to hold a book study of Dynam­ics of Faith by Paul Tillich at the Kope Kope Cof­fee House in Hilo start­ing soon. They also got me involved in the local peace movement.

I’ve also been going to Ecsta­tic Dance at Kalani and the drum cir­cle at Kehena Beach. Life is good. I con­tinue to grow an revi­sion my faith in a way that works for me at this stage of life, in this place, now. I am very for­tu­nate to be here.

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