A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Seeing things as they really are entails becoming more attuned to other human beings—their sufferings, needs, and aspirations. It lies in a shift toward greater empathy and understanding of the subjective realities of those around us.