During the last few weeks, I’ve been contemplating my position in the bardo. In Buddhist tradition the term originally referred to the period between one life and the next, but according to Francesca Freemantle, author of Luminous Emptiness: Understanding the Tibetan Book of the Dead, there are at least six bardos out there: life (or birth), […]

As I’ve mentioned, one of the great pleasures of my sabbatical is the opportunity to wander wherever my inclinations might lead me. By grace of academic tradition, the College at Brockport, and the delete button on my email server, I now have more time for thinking. I can pick up an enticing novel or book […]