DAYS 88-92: 12 Minutes & 20/30/40/50 Seconds of Gazing (again)
I have been gazing every day at the colorful New England sunrise with it’s splashes of pink and neon orange as the sun lights the clouds, then the rest of the sky, on fire. Sometimes I think this ritual of getting myself up before the sun and spending a chunk of minutes staring at beauty […]
DAY 87: 12 Minutes & 10 Seconds of Gazing (again)
This morning marks the second occasion on which I gaze for 12 minutes and 10 seconds because I have rewound my experiment by a week and am doing the entire twelfth minute for a second time to make up for a few missed days. I went to the same railing by the edge of the […]
DAYS 72-86: The 12th Minute & The 12th Minute Redux
The jungle gym of life that must be traversed to actually try and see the sun every day can be very challenging. Once you maneuver around the clouds, and adjust your social life to fit the sun’s schedule you think you’ve go this sun-gazing thing down. But the tiniest little blip in the schedule and […]
Smoke & Mirrors: Slight of Hand About a Magical Plant
There is major confusion surrounding many aspects of the ubiquitous, yet seriously misunderstood botanical phenomenon knows as Mary Jane, or in the stodgier circles of the laboratory: Cannabis Sativa Afghanica Indica Cunningham—or Pot for short. I intend to clear away some of the smoke and lay out some of the cold hard facts. The confusion […]
DAY 71: 11 Minutes & 50 Seconds of Gazing
“I cannot cause light, the most I can do is put myself in the path of it’s beam.” -Annie Dillard Tonight I gazed again at sunset, this time with a small group of casual gazers. My friends Nikki, Kelly and Johanna all joined me on the top of the mountain to watch the glowing gentle […]
DAYS 67-70: 11 Minutes & 10/20/30 Seconds – A Hug from Dad
“Science and religion are not at odds, science is simply too young to understand.” – Dan Brown (Angels & Demons) I can’t prove sun-gazing works scientifically at this point in our civilizations history. I can only prove it anecdotally. I read an article on scienceblogs.com yesterday where a sarcastic (and it seemed arrogant) doctor explained […]
DAY 66: 11 Minutes of Gazing
“Try to act as saints and sages. Let your ego go and let your sainthood prevail. Calamities are nothing but challenges, challenges are nothing but a wakening call to improve our being, and improved being is nothing but God’s own self in us.” -Yogi Bhajan. The last few days have been fraught with one challenge […]
DAYS 61-65: 10 Minutes & 10-50 Seconds of Gazing
“Meditation is not sitting with closed eyes. Meditation is: whatever you are doing, you are doing.” —Yogi Bhajan Over the weekend I became an uncle. My niece Charlotte, who we call Charlie, was born on Saturday night after 18 hours of labor. Then on Sunday I celebrated at the Gay Pride Parade in West Hollywood. […]
DAY 60: 10 Full Minutes of Gazing – 2 Months Complete
Today I reached another milestone, ten full minutes of gazing. I have officially been doing this for two entire months now so I find myself again looking back and taking an account of my life. Bottom line: it’s better than it was thirty days ago. It’s not better because circumstances have changed. I haven’t been […]
DAY 59: 9 Minutes & 50 Seconds of Gazing
I picked Nikki up again this morning after my chanting session and we made our way to the top of the mountain to gaze and hike. My weary legs didn’t want to hike today, but my love handles did. So with love I got a handle on my indecision. Nikki and I made our way […]
