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Orientation 2

Naikan In Four Movements

This four-part Naikan series grew out of a course I offered at Baltimore Dharma Group in Spring 2025. While Naikan is often framed as a tool for self-reflection, I came to see it as something more relational: not a system of correction, but a practice of returning—again and again—to what holds us, what flows through us, what we leave behind, and what we remain with.
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Orientation 3

Threadwork

Here, in language, is the closest I have come to tracing the patterns I live inside — and the patterns I see others living inside, too. ...That, to me, is the heart of this offering: not to win empathy through performance, but to make coherence inhabitable — even when the pattern isn't matched. These pieces are not arguments. They do not aim to persuade. They exist to demonstrate — without explanation. To resonate — without claiming universality. To name the cost of asymmetry — without blaming the other. To hold clarity — without self-erasure.
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Orientation 4

Holding Vow Sutra: An Introduction

Introduction and Intention:  This is a sutra, but not a sutra in the traditional sense. It is not part of the Buddhist canon, nor is it offered from a seat of transmission or formal authority. It is, rather, a thread — woven from lived practice, shaped by fidelity, and rooted in a vow that did not begin with me and does not end with me.
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The Autistic Mode: A Way Of Thinking

We all have moments of deep concentration—those times when we are so absorbed in something that the world recedes. A musician practicing alone, refining a passage with exquisite focus. A philosopher turning an argument over in their mind, testing its weight from every angle. A scientist working through the layers of an equation, adjusting variables, refining the logic until it holds. In these moments, the noise of the world fades, and what remains is a kind of clarity, a steady presence of thought moving toward resolution.

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Threshold to Threadwork

Introduction: There are two doors into this work. The one below meets the moment. It is written in accessible language—for those seeking clarity about autistic experience, and especially about how it differs in rhythm, in structure, and in the invisible labor it asks of those who must translate themselves to be understood. But this isn’t the only way in. There is another door—quieter, less translated, more interior. If you're looking not just for insight, but for shape—if you’ve ever sensed that what goes unspoken is sometimes the most coherent thing there is—you may find yourself at home there.
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Musings from the Meta-Verse: Tip of the Iceberg Cosmologies

Before you begin: please take a moment, settle in, enjoy the image above—of me holding my baby daughter as a first-time dad, tune into the frequency of restful wonder. Now allow your mind to wander outward from the edges of that image: to the room, to the street outside, to the vast sky beyond the vast sky. Further—past the solar system, past the galaxy’s edge, past everything known—to the edge of the cosmos. And then…

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Woven

I never stopped making art. I just didn’t always call it that. What I made with you, my loves — in those days we shared — was the most embodied form of relational creation. Art was us — there was no interruption. Something Luu Li and and I talked about yesterday landed deeply. She said, “Wow Papa, 54 years! I'm so glad you’re starting to do art again.” And I told her — honestly — it’s never left me. But after that, I found myself thinking: when I was homeschooling Luu Li and CT, I wasn’t just not doing art — I was expressing my creativity through my life with them.
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Florida for Thanksgiving


Driving directions to Bonita Springs, 1,087 mi – about 17 hours 11 mins

Drive 13 hrs from Baltimore. Stop over and rest in Gainesville, FL. for a few hours. Continue for 4 hours to Fort Myers.

Potential stops
Lake Alice on Univ. of Florida campus.
Gainesville Map

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  1. MicheleMarch 03, 2009 1:57 PM

    Hi,

    Thanks for visiting my site! We have driven to Florida almost every winter for the past 10 years or so. And I must say, this last trip was by far the best. We drove all night. We had never done that before. We have 3 children (ages 7, 3, and 1). And usually they are whiny and bored with the trip. This time they all fell asleep and slept almost the whole way. It was pure heaven. We left from Northern Virginia about 7 PM and crossed into the State of Florida at 6 AM. We ate breakfast and drove another hour and checked into a hotel. We were able to hang out, use the pool, etc. And then the next day we drove the remaining 4 hours of our trip, which was nice and short. I will admit that it was hard to keep my eyes open and luckily my husband was able to take over the driving, but that was nothing compared to a thousand "Are we there yets?" or a crying baby.

    In the past, we would leave early in the morning (after rush hour if during the week) and drive until we got to South Carolina/Georgia and check into a hotel. But frankly, the kids were difficult sitting in the car awake for that long of a drive. And then we would have to do the same thing again the next day. Now that we have done the drive all night, I would never do it another way. Just make sure you have caffeine soda or something similar!

    Another option to look into is the Amtrak Auto Train. It takes you and your car to Sanford Florida. We often do that one way of the trip to cut down on the driving - it's more expensive but sometimes it's worth it. Good luck!

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  2. horseygirlskyMarch 03, 2009 5:19 PM

    17 hours! Wow. I'm game. We'll just think of the beach and oysters waiting for us when we get there...

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