Julian Cook – ( New blog, looks like sh*t right now 💩 )

The contemplative heart is a universal dwelling place where compassion, emptiness, and divine love are one. The contemplative heart is a universal dwelling place where compassion, emptiness, and divine love are one.

October 23, 2025 | Julian Cook | 0 Comment | 7:53 pm

The contemplative heart is a universal dwelling place where compassion, emptiness, and divine love are one. I have been a Vajrayana Buddhist for almost 30 years now but being from [...]

God Light God Light

October 23, 2025 | Julian Cook | 0 Comment | 7:57 am

The monastery courtyard is beautiful right now. It’s quiet, there’s a little fog and the sky has an abundance of what photographers ironically call “God Light”. Complementing the shafts of [...]

Owning a piece of my night mare Owning a piece of my night mare

August 25, 2025 | Julian Cook | 0 Comment | 7:11 pm

Russia celebrated a holiday on November 7 that under the Julian calendar, was in October. The holiday used to be called the “Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution”, but [...]

Goulash Goulash

August 25, 2025 | Julian Cook | 0 Comment | 4:41 pm

It’s worth learning about the story of Martin Himler, an 18 year old ethnic and impoverished Jew who arrived in 1907 to New York City aboard the S.S. Carpathia. His [...]