Inspired by a lovely ceremony initiated by Laura Whitney of the Ojai Foundation.

-- Courtesy of Laura Whitney and the participants in the "Power of Silence" meditative retreat, at the Ojai Foundation, June 3, 2006

-- courtesy Wandering Blind

-- courtesy David Gartner

-- courtesy David Gartner

-- courtesy David Gartner

-- courtesy David Gartner

-- courtesy David Gartner

-- courtesy David Gartner

-- courtesy David Gartner

John Soper, one of my teachers, at the Esalen Institute. He was a great man. Deeply alive. Tremendously human.

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