Even though I work at a pre-through-fifth-grade school, I’m on the preschool side of the fence. So I was dumbstruck...
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Writer/artist/musician still teaching preschool in SF bay area, Max Reif is the author of TOWARD AN INTERIOR SUN, a book of stories published by The Mindful Word; a book of poetry called Journey from Here to HERE; and a CD of songs, "The Wake-Up Man," dedicated to his Spiritual Guide, Meher Baba. He has been writing for The Mindful Word for around 5 years.
ART AND THE CREATIVE UNCONSCIOUS:Four insightful essays on creativity Erich Neumann [Princeton University Press, 234 pages] This is not a...
I’ve tried to tell the story of my family’s motor trip to Florida, which I believe was in 1959, when...
EMMA SPEAKS:A Journey into the Soul of an Animal Friend Diana St. James [Emissary Press, 294 pages] A friend of...
“Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.” – Søren Kierkegaard I’ve been amazed at these...
A Political Map of the Poet’s Insides It may not be visible, so I’m telling you: inside me there are...
From time to time, I’ve driven 50 miles or so to attend what’s called an “Oral Tradition” poetry gathering in...
THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED:Healing the 60s generational divide Jim Kohlberg [Roadside Attractions, 2011, 1 hr 45 minutes] Many people know...
I notice in myself a great desire for utterance—to be a mouth of utterance, a mouth of the universal. Of...
The Mindful Word’s Max Reif recently released a book filled with poems and short prose pieces devoted to Meher Baba,...
This story appears in the book Toward an Interior Sun: Awakening by a Master, and the Difficult Journey toward Discipleship....
About a year ago the principal of the school where I teach handed me a book. I’d requested something in...
WHAT THE HEART WANTS:Raw, heartfelt poems Alice Klein [Sheriar Books, 130 pages] The reader of Alice Klein’s What the Heart...
The first poet I ever knew, at college, was a very quiet fellow in person. Once, though, he happened to...
I AM THAT:Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj [Chetana Publishing, 531 pages] One of the most delightful forms...
Something whizzed by my head and on beyond as I sat on the floor holding onto the pale green bars...
CANCER 1. “Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “Cancer.” At a party, you’d empty the room. No one would even ask, “Cancer...
Down the long, gold-papered hall I’d walk to the bathroom in the condo my folks had moved to after they sold...
Every visit, my mother-in-law Ruth sang us under the table. A few hours of the old standards, and Barbara and...
1. In the yard at the preschool where I work, I recently saw something I could scarcely believe. It involved...
Preschoolers learn much more about socialization, studies show, than those who remain home. Working in the aftercare program in a...
All alone in its corner of the universe, a sun shone. “Ha-ha, I’m MIGHTY!” it thought, enjoying the sheer power...
This story appears in the book Toward an Interior Sun: Awakening by a Master, and the Difficult Journey toward Discipleship....
This story appears in the book Toward an Interior Sun: Awakening by a Master, and the Difficult Journey toward Discipleship....
