Bo Lozoff: Prisoners and Spiritual Life Bo Lozoff co-founded the Prison Ashram Project with Ram Dass and the Human Kindness Foundation. In this interview Bo talks about three surprising realities of ...
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The following is a sample of Bo Lozoff's writing, followed by letters from inmates, which he, with their permission, published in his books and newsletters.
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Lozoff and I held the following observations in common.
Growth and transformation, at times, can be catalyzed by suffering.
In every spiritual tradition crisis is seen as an opportunity to see the reality of ourselves, to live more truthfully, and see the world with new eyes.
As it turns out, the world as a whole is beginning to go through a similar process. We stand on the threshold in which the old does not work any longer and the new has not emerged yet.
Holding on to an outmoded system of meaning about the world and ourselves prevents new thinking from coming to fruition.
"Truths" we have believed all our lives, when superseded, are often experienced as a threat.
Transformation relies on the power of the heart, and the realization that we are all interconnected.
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An Essay by Bo (and Letters)
From Human Kindness Foundation Newsletter
a little good news Winter 1999
Final Endings and Fresh Beginnings
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