EMAILING THE WANDERLING:

My sincere and full apologies for the inconvenience. The whole round-about route is to discourage excessive amounts of spam and what could be called none other than hate mail by those who, for whatever the reason, seem adamantly opposed to the Dharma and any suggestion in the path toward Enlightenment.

In your emails, for best results, try to always type in the subject line in capital letters AWAKENING 101 with a space between AWAKENING and 101.

TO E-MAIL THE WANDERLING CLICK THE FOLLOWING: THE WANDERLING

You are welcome to write, but please be advised the Wanderling is often in transit, usually without email or computer access. Designates may respond to your query in lieu, however.

And now, for those who may be so interested:

A FEW HELPFUL HINTS PRIOR TO CONTACTING THE WANDERLING:

Most answers can be garnered beforehand by a simple search. So too, knowing my background and where I come from relative to what is offered, through a search, will often open many windows or insight into what you seek.

GOOGLE'S ALL WANDERLING PAGE

FIRST:

In reality it isn't too difficult to find out who's who these days --- which knowing might add a little credibility into what one is reading. A few minutes of research, say on Google for example --- of which most people who use the internet on a regular basis have a fairly good ability to use --- answers to most queries come up quite rapidly. It would seem it would be pretty much of a given that any such potential ability for finding my works, then emailing me would be cross transferable to having at least a minor Google search ability. However, as it relates to me, a good portion of any such results usually turns up a lot of material written by me --- which begs the question if it is biased in some fashion or not.

If you don't like what is written about me in the Wanderling, World War II Comes to Redondo, The Wanderling and His Uncle, or In as a Boy, Out as a Man along with the various footnotes and links, for those who may be predisposed for another opinion, my suggestion would be to read what Sarlo has to say (linked below) as well as what an anonymous author wrote that I've titled Windswept, Zen-Swept, Mind Dunes. Of course there are always a few lost years as an adolescent learning and stumbling along the path, intertwined with coffee houses, deep philosophical conversations, cars, and, oh yeah, teenage girls and beyond. See:

THE WANDERLING AND HIS HIGH SCHOOL CHUMS

THE BOY AND HIS JEEP: ADVENTURES IN THE DESERT

OH YEAH, AND AS FOUND IN AS WELL:

ALLEN GINSBERG

SECOND:

Most people who have a tendency to comment on my works, typically those who present views that fall into a vein other than what I've presented, usually do so by never spending any amount of time going over the footnotes, the footnotes being of utmost importance. They are important because they interject clarification regarding a specific or given thought without impacting the flow of what is being presented. For those folks I usually suggest going to one or the other or both of the following two links:

ZEN AND THE ART OF DEFECATED NITROGENOUS WASTE DEPOSITS

THE WANDERLING: WHAT SARLO HAS TO SAY

"Hui-k'o, the Second Patriarch of Zen passed on the bowl and robe to his successor, the Third Patriarch, Seng-ts'an, signifying the Transmission of the Dharma. Hui-k'o, who had received the seal of approval from Bodhidharma himself, then went everywhere drinking and carousing around like a wildman and partaking in the offerings of the brothel districts. When people asked how he could do such a thing, being a Patriarch of the Zen school and all, he would respond with: 'What business is it of yours?'"

HUI-K'O

ULYSSES, JAMES JOYCE AND THE WANDERLING

So said, if I, the Wanderling, remain valid and active during 2022 the below e-mail contact for the Wanderling as found in the red box below will remain valid and active for 2022 and beyond as well.

For those who may be so interested, my meager Zen dropping are available to all. I make no claim to being a teacher, guru, holy man, or sage. I don't sell, market, promote or teach classes, seminars or Satsangs. My pages are all free, there are no subscriptions or sign ins. I don't hawk or sell anything. There are no advertisements. No books. No ballcaps, T-shirts, or ballpoint pens. I don't ask for, solicit, or accept donations. If someone asks saying they are me they aren't me.

Bowing in deference,

the Wanderling

"Several months ago, I saw a post by one of your surrogates that you were being held in Myanmar, sustain internal injuries along the way. I have checked in on a regular basis and saw no update until I noticed that the post was now gone which I hope means that you are free and hopefully recovered, or at least on your way to recovery from your injuries."

JOHN C in an email to the Wanderling

FOR WHAT HAPPENED UNDER THAT HOUSE ARREST IN MAYANMAR PLEASE SEE:

GETTING LETTERS AND EMAILS

ABOUT FACEBOOK

Please be advised that I do not, that is DO NOT have any Facebook pages directly attributable back to me in any way. Facebook pages implying they are ME or MINE in some manner are done so by others on their own accord. Any Facebook poster thereof thinking I will read or respond to posts by anyone are mistaken. I don't go to the pages, I don't read the posts nor do I have any access to respond. Any responses to any posts have not been done by me.

The FACEBOOK page that most often comes up in relation to me, although not done by me is however, it must be said, a commendable almost work of art done by a major supporter of my works, one Alberto by name who put together and maintains the page in his own way, on his own, unsolicited and through his own efforts. If you go to the "About" found on the homepage using the above Facebook link you will find the following:

"This page is not managed by the Wanderling himself, although the material here contained is all written or presented by him, and no opinions are given whatsoever. Its sole scope is to assist whoever may be interested in these drops of knowledge to reach the open sea."

Who could expect more? I am deeply humbled, this by a person who until most recently has remained unknown to me.

So too, there is a complete list of the Wanderling's associates, email addresses, web pages, etc., that can be found by going to AWAKENING 101s old

STAFF PAGE

NOTE: Since AWAKENING 101 has shut down the "101 Team" of designates has dispersed. It has been brought to my attention that a good portion if not all of their sites have gone down and emails often go unanswered over long periods or not at all.

As to the subject of donations, for those of you who may be interested in doing so as it applies to the greatfulness of my works, I invariably suggest any funds be directed toward THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT and/or THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.