Transmigration

The term transmigration, for the ancient Greeks, referred to the migration of the soul, a re-birth.
In Hinduism, the character of a soul from a previous life is imprinted on the new one. The recent tragedies in India remind us that our thoughts must always linger on the present in contemplation of both the past and the present.

From the new translation of The Bhagavad Gita by my friend and colleague, Laurie Patton:

I have never

not existed;

nor have you

. . . . .

Nor will we

cease to exist,

all of us,

from now onwards.

In his work Transmigration of Souls, John Adams assembled a text from brief fragments taken from missing person signs, personal reminescences, and a random list of names of victims from 9/11.

Some recent reminders of the richness of the present.

We tend to think of our country as a land of immigrants, yet we also migrate across the world to new places. As I prepare to transmigrate to a new land, here are some photos of a family gathering over the Thanksgiving weekend.