Ernie Thayer

If death means anything, it means the ending of everything worldly – life of the body, mental life, stories, possessions, attachments, relationships, past, future – all of it, absolutely. And this is happening to many of us already, before the body wears out, because our fellows and our poor earth need us to die in this way for something altogether new to arise. Continue Reading »

I was laughing at myself this morning because I caught some silly thinking going on in my head while I was making tea. I was thinking about what might happen to Holly (my dear wife) if I died, and what would happen to me if Holly died. The scenarios ran to such silly lengths that I suddenly found myself laughing out loud! Such serious matters! (So far as I know, we’re both fine.) Continue Reading »

In the wee hours of last night I was confronted once again, as happened several times past, with all the thinking in me that insists, suggests or demands that I am insufficient, wrong, lazy and self-deceived. Continue Reading »

Holly & I just returned from 6 weeks in Mexico – warm beaches, the extraordinary colors of the sea, the love of my woman, new friends and old, playing at water sports and, not least, great eats! It was delightful. Yet more than any of this, there was that abiding peace. Continue Reading »

Hello all you wonderful souls,

This month’s retreat in B.C. has been settling in me, starting with discussions in the car on the way home with Holly & Maria.  Whoo boy! Continue Reading »