Karma Cola, Ecstasy, Laundry in Thailand: eflections from a month in Thailand, January-February 201

This collection of poems, inspired by the author’s visit to Thailand in 2018, might best be described in the words of Jack Kornfield: ＂Enlightenment does exist. Unbounded freedom and joy, oneness with the divine ... these experiences are more common than you know, and not far away. But even after achieving such realization - after the Ecstasy - we are faced with the day-to-day task of translating that freedom into our imperfect lives. We are faced with the Laundry.＂ -from After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path (New York: Bantam Books, 2001)