Jesse's passing

Our friend Jesse passed away ten days ago now. Jesse was an incredible unique individual. It was a great joy to watch him grow up and to know him. When we tell friends here in Thailand about his story Daniel leads with - "Jesse was the kind of person who transformed you when you met him" and it's true. We are honored and thankful to be a part of Jesse's community. We have been very homesick and sad these days and feel so very far away.

LOVE IS THE FUNERAL PYRE

Love is
The funeral pyre
Where I have laid my living body

All the false notions of myself
That once caused fear, pain

Have turned to ash
As I neared God.

What has risen
From the tangled web of thought and sinew

Now shines with jubilation
Through the eyes of angels

And screams from the guts of
Infinite existence
Itself.

Love is the funeral pyre
Where the heart must lay
Its body.

Hafiz