Articles by jts-admin
A Man Reaches Toward the Sky
The man looks towards the gray sky.
Reaching his hand out towards…
Money, connection, hope, help?
But all he grasps is
The nothingness…
And as he holds it tightly
it starts to squirm…
The Fragility of the Human Condition
by D. Shapiro
SEEING, FEARING, FEELING “ABYSS”? Poems
5 Poems:
- INNOCENT WHITENESS
- RECEDING HANDS
- DARKENING LAVENDER SKIES
- FAITH?
- UNSURE GAIT
- UNTITLED
Touchstone (2005)
by D Shapiro with comments by J Shapiro
Under a football scoreboard, a weekly stretching of legs, waist high,
before and after jogging.
A shoe touches one scratched broken ½” scarred indent, of a steel pole.
No one knows our connection, and one day all that will be left is
A scarred indent that the sole no longer touches.
J: (2018) This poem about your sole on the pole is pretty poignant. Oh, sad! I wonder, will your pole miss your sole?:-)
A Temporary Respite
by D Shapiro with comments by J Shapiro (10/22/18)
Brown pine needles , tree
Aging….five crows land on limbs…
Still provides respite
Meditative Reflections: An Invitation and the Role of Control in Meditation
The dance of rain drops
splashing into a puddle
gentle sharings arise
A Note:
I was asked to write a book chapter for Miguel Farias; Oxford Handbook of Meditation. Since I knew this was going to be the last article I wrote on Meditation, I wanted to:
- Summarize my past work on meditation , especially as it relates to the role of control
- To share my own personal journey regarding the content and context of meditation, and
- To invite the reader to explore their own journey with meditation.
Because of space limitations, the “invitation to the readers” was not able to included in the book chapter. Therefore below please find first the Invitation to readers, (hope you enjoy your personal exploration!) followed by the Book Chapter “The Role of Control In Meditation.”
Death Haiku and Linked Verse
my death poem:
breathing in…thank you
letting go now….breathing out
one final thank you
Jan 2000
Judaism as a Psycho-spiritual Guide to a Healthy Relationship
by Shapiro, J. and Shapiro, D.H.
(1993) Judaism as a Psycho-spiritual guide to a healthy relationship: A midlife perspective. Judaism and Psychology, 17 (3) 169-191
Supplemental Material: 25 years later – Relooking at the Article