Oh, Lord! I realize we’re living in a time of popularity accruing to the lowest common denominator, a fact that’s...
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Writer/artist/musician still teaching preschool in SF bay area, Max Reif is the author of TOWARD AN INTERIOR SUN, a book of stories published by The Mindful Word; a book of poetry called Journey from Here to HERE; and a CD of songs, "The Wake-Up Man," dedicated to his Spiritual Guide, Meher Baba. He has been writing for The Mindful Word for around 5 years.
The pilgrim Desperation had propelled him to travel. After months of seemingly fruitless seeking, through means that seemed entirely serendipitous,...
Preface Sages tell uslife itself is a dreamand the life of an individual is“a dream into a dream.”A nighttime dream...
Dr. Carl Jung wrote of the concept of the “big dream,” which can provide symbols that outline the rest of...
I have practically an avocation regarding the many quirks that human memory is capable of. It may not be a...
It’s been more than 55 years since I first ingested psychedelics at age 20 in the fall of 1968. My...
There is only one question. And once you know the answer to that question there are no more to ask....
If you haven’t read them yet, go back and visit Part 7, Part 6, Part 5, Part 4, Part 3, Part 2 and Part 1 of this series...
If you haven’t read them yet, go back and visit Part 6, Part 5, Part 4, Part 3, Part 2 and Part 1 of this series about...
If you haven’t read them yet, go back and visit Part 5, Part 4, Part 3, Part 2 and Part 1 of this series about La...
If you haven’t read them yet, go back and visit Part 4, Part 3, Part 2 and Part 1 of this series about La Paz,...
If you haven’t read them yet, go back and visit Part 3, Part 2 and Part 1 of this series...
This week has been eye-opening and extremely gratifying for me with respect to my longtime efforts to, as I put...
If you haven’t read the first two articles in this La Paz series, visit the first here and here» I’m...
I’m writing this, fresh from about 10 days of intermittent pain from a couple of teeth that decided to act...
If you haven’t read Part 1 of this La Paz series, you can go back and read it here» I’m...
On a Saturday afternoon, September 16, I attended a most remarkable two-hour Zoom session in connection with the Dream School...
Dedication: To the brave and resilient people of La Paz. It’s a morning in mid-July in our home in Walnut...
When I got home from work and turned on MSNBC-TV, anchor Chris Hayes was sharing his basic response to the...
This Week You know how things are:They’re so strange! I was under a cloudfor a few days early this week,the...
CHRONICLES: Volume One Bob Dylan, narrated by Sean Penn [Simon & Schuster Audio, 5 hours and 3 minutes] I’m listening...
I’m going to be 75 years old one week from today. This piece is about a consequence of that age,...
My wife and I live in a very large senior living development in the San Francisco Bay Area called Rossmoor....
A Poem in Two Parts I. Listento yourselfsay words! Girl—flowing stream, unknown land, new world. Boy—somethingbehind a wall. Mother—where? Mommy—holding...
