The Dalai Lama's Cat: Awaken the Kitten Within

As kittens, we feel it often. All it takes is a wind-blown feather, an unexpected delicacy, or the alluring rush of water, and instantly we are caught up in it: wonderment. Enchantment. Being fully absorbed in the here and now.

By the time we reach senior status, way beyond the point of being impressed by such trivia, we have become knowing and indifferent. But we have lost something, have we not? Which begs answers to some intriguing questions. Is it possible to recover the unaffecte…