Vicky Lee

Today was my best day ever at Harvard. I have been here three weeks and set my first milestone. There is a professor whom I and many others consider the poster child of everything that Harvard and its Divinity School represent in terms of embodying holier-than-thou standards of intellect, ethics and eloquence. Last week, I […]

Like every incoming student at Harvard Divinity School, I am overwhelmed with the sheer amount of what is both expected of us and offered to us. It is like we are all experienced mountain climbers arriving at the planet’s loftiest peak. Here we are, all of us, in unison staring at its icy cliffs, listening […]

This is my second week at Harvard Divinity School. Today, I went surfing with a classmate, a former Navy Seal whose legs were amputated after a deployment to Afghanistan. He later went on to compete on the U.S. Paralympic Nordic Ski Team in Sochi, Russia. I desperately wanted to do schoolwork, but he leaned in […]

This ritzy lounge with oak paneled walls and a fireplace is at Harvard Law School where I’m studying. It’s empty at 6 am, Saturday morning. When I walked in here, I knelt and thanked God. I felt such privilege. I heard God saying to me, “Although there are many here now—not long ago, there were no […]

I’m enrolled in an intensive course designed for business executives who come from 131 countries seeking enlightenment. It’s at Sri Bhagavan’s Oneness University located in Varadaiahpalem, a village in the Chittoor district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. It’s summer and 103 degrees Fahrenheit with thick humidity. The courses are taught in […]

I’m enrolled in at an intensive course for business executives at Sri Bhagavan’s Oneness University located in Varadaiahpalem, a village in Chittoor district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Today’s lesson was the Indian take on what is called “mindfulness” in America. Here in India, they actually refer to it as a […]