The Sloppy Bhakti

This Maui Ram Dass Retreat was the first real time I traveled alone. My wife and I met at 14, so almost everything I’ve done, has been with her, seemingly attached at the hip. To come to this new place, and to be guided by only my intuition, I kept likening myself to an outdoor cat. One minute I would be talking to people in riveting conversation, then the next moment I would have an intuitive pull to take a stroll, only to bump into the perfect person to share with. Just

I come back from the Ram Dass’ 5th annual Spring on Maui retreat feeling as if I just got done with a week long ecstasy binge. I have a 100+ degree fever, I am sunburnt, it’s tough to move, everytime my throat tickles it snowballs into a coughing fit, I feel like I can barely keep my eyes open, I have chills so I have to swaddle myself in a blanket at all times-- and you know what? I love it all. I love it all. I have to go back to my dreaded place of employment tomorrow, a