This website is the creative genius and labor of the artist E. Odin Cathcart. To see his groundbreaking fine art visit his website Imagine Zero. Odin was also responsible for the original version of the Exquisite Mind website, which many of you may have known and loved. The work presented here is for the benefit of all the people with whom I have had the honor to work with and share the value of mindfulness. It is for them that I originally conceived the idea of an inviting and information rich environment to learn mindfulness. So it is to all these people and all the people that I will come into contact with in the future that I dedicate this site. I also dedicate this website to my nonhuman children. In memory to my greyhound Cleomi and Swami Cat, and in daily loving companionship with my Rhodesian Ridgeback, Ruki.

A heartfelt thanks to Wisdom Publications and my editor Josh Bartok for recognizing the value of Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants: 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness, and for his patient and thorough editing of the original manuscript.

In memory of mentors and friends Drs. Terrance Brown and Allan Tisdale, whose gentle wisdom and support over the years is missed.

More gratitude for the teachers whom I have had the privilege to learn, Larry Rosenberg, Gurumayi Swami Chidvilasananda, S.N. Goenka, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Special thanks to my dharma brothers and sisters Shinzen Young, Taihaku Gretchen Priest, Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ed Epstein, and Sondra Solomon for their support and friendship.