Jay Michaelson

May 22, 2013

Edition: U.S.

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Blog Entries by Jay Michaelson from 09/2012

Beyond 'Letting Go'

| Posted 09.09.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Letting Go, Peak Experiences, Burning Man, New Age, Buddhism, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Spiritual Journey, Spirit, Emotional Health, Spiritual Health, Let Go, Meditation, Spiritual Development, Becoming Fearless, Becoming-Fearless, Healthy Living News

While I have experienced -- and want to affirm -- the absolute centrality of letting go, I would like to complicate it somewhat also. Because it matters what you're letting go into -- and that, I think, is actually the harder part of the work.

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Why Burning Man Didn't Suck This Year... and What We Can Learn From It

| Posted 09.12.2012 | San Francisco

Burning Man didn't suck. It didn't seem that different from past years. It had all the magic, community, sacredness, emotional center and impossible-to-describe otherworldliness that we Burners struggle to convey to outsiders.

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Nan Hayworth Is Not a New York Republican, and the Tea Party Is in the Details

| Posted 09.26.2012 | New York

Nan Hayworth is presenting herself as a moderate Republican -- a good idea, since her district, where I live, is as purple as they come, voting for Democrats and Republicans alike. But it's also a falsehood.

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LGBT New Yorkers Need to Hold Our Enemies Accountable (And Let's Start With Greg Ball)

| Posted 09.26.2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: New York Gay Marriage, New York State Senate, Greg Ball, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Greg Ball Gay Marriage, Gay Voices News

It's important for our community to hold accountable those who betray us, undermine us, and sell us out. And this year, if you're a gay New Yorker, there is one man who should be at the top of that list: State Senator Greg Ball.

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