Too Much

I can't quite wrap my head around this. I got an email from the Ecstatic Living Institute -- probably I was on their email list because I inquired about a class. The class was for couples to explore tantric sex techniques or something along those lines, to be held at a certain resort in the Coast Range. We didn't go, but I remain on their list. The Institute was founded by a couple, Steve and Lokita Carter.

If I can break it down, this is what seems to have happened.

• In 1999, they founded an Institute to teach "ecstatic living and ecstatic loving."
• In July of 2015, Lokita Carter was diagnosed with invasive metaplastic breast cancer.
• In September, the Valley Fire destroyed Harbin Hot Springs, a resort that hosted this and many other health- and spirituality-enhancing seminars and activities.
• Last Monday, 10/5, Steve Carter was murdered while hiking in Marin County.

His widow wrote a very brave email.

Just months ago they moved out of Middletown, which was largely destroyed by the fire. It's almost as if something horrible was chasing them, and finally caught up.

I guess I just had a need to put this somewhere.