Introduction : The beauty of men / Alan L. Ellis -- A Vipassana romance / Tom Moon -- Breaking through / Alan L. Ellis -- I'm still here / Stephen W. Goodin -- Before a (prospective) visit to the land of the lotus eaters / Alejandro Medina-Bermúdez -- Waking up on the other side / Kevin G. Barnhurst -- Calvin / Craig Watters -- In the center ring / George Pierson -- Voyage to Ithaka / Michael Ross -- Dutiful son, dutiful friend / Frank Wong -- The choice / Trevor Southey -- Tesoro / Michael Segovia -- This body / Jeff Siebert -- Sense of place / Christopher K. Bramwell -- A photograph / Mark M. Harris -- Between the living and the leaving / Armand R. Cerbone.