Southwestern College
Reflections on India…
Darshan and Bhangra,
Nag Champa and pungent, burning cow poo,
Krishna and chotchka wallahs,
The dance of seeming oppositions
Ultimately whirling into Same,
Without losing an ounce of Different.
I don’t know how that works.
All I knew was to find my witnessing heart,
And shush my ego,
(Which, of course, wanted
to gymnastic around like a boy),
And let India sing me that song
You and I wrote ten thousand years ago,
But have forgotten.
About the Moderator
Jim Nolan has been the President of Southwestern College since 2006. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, and has a private practice in Santa Fe. He went to graduate school in Irish and English literature, too, and reads a lot of books, takes a lot of photos and plays guitar. Sort of. His best friend of all times, a Wire Haired Fox Terrier named Barney, recently passed into non-physical. Barney was a true guru. Jim is the opposite of a guru, whatever that is called. He doesn't know anything, and he knows that. It seems to work out...
