My Song of Secret Passages

About the Book

The most beautiful path is the one with the closed and locked gate. But what could that possibly mean? I try to describe that in this book. Have you ever heard of a koan? A koan gives you something to think about for a very long time like more than days and weeks even years or a lifetime. A koan is a zen contemplative question or puzzel that cannot be solved with the rational mind. The solution is not moving or rushing around, no place to get to. Love is protecting kids from trauma and I’m echoing those words to infinity. Some pointers on this important subject are in here. Why can’t we let mountains be mountains? I believe mountains have something to say and have their own language. Are we listening? In this book I try to talk for them. Talk so you will be heard. I don’t mind defending mountains. I love mountains and I’ve been inside the main temple. We have to try as hard as we possibly can to be who we are. Anything less is insanity.

About the Author

I grew up in Jackson Hole Wyoming on a cattle ranch. I learned to climb at a crag Called Veedauwoo while attending the University of Wyoming in Laramie and have been a climber all my life. I lived in Jackson Hole for fifty years and was a cross country ski racer. I like kirtan mantra singing. I tend several lovely gardens. My spiritual journey began with the Dances of Universal Peace. I am grateful just to be alive. I am grateful that mother Earth takes care of me. I am grateful to have friends and the beauty around me. I am an adventurer who likes to travel and climb mountains. I love nature. I am a hard worker, loving, loyal and generous. I have a son, daughter in law and grand daughter not living with me. I love wilderness and I go there every chance I can get. I love to explore spirituality, and other cultures. Once I lived off the land on a tropical island in Hawaii for ten days. I bought a house and moved to Bozeman, Montana in 1993. I traveled to India with the Sufis India Music Tour. I don’t have a TV and don’t have time to watch. I like spiritual and world music. I wear T shirts and dress pants. I enjoyed the movie Charlie Chaplain’s Modern Times. The Final Frontiersman about a family living in the Alaska wilderness is one of my favorite books. My favorite magazine is the Mountain Record from Zen Mountain Monastery. It has a very high standard of writing with spiritually oriented articles. I love good tea, conversation, humor and cooking.