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- Title
- A few thoughts about the cell
- Author
- Markhasev, Mikhail
- Date
- 2003
- Pages
- 4 pages
- Text (O)
- Mikhail Markhasev Corcoran, CA I wrote this essay in 2003, while I was in the hole (SHU). It was printed in The Beat Within, a youth outreach in the S.F. Bay area. I want to share it with A.P.W.A. You have my permission to post it. A few thoughts about the cell The cell... for some, it is a taste of hell — where single day is an eternity to dwell But as for me, when I’m in the cell a sweet serenity upon my heart it spells my doubt and uncertainty it quells my fear dispels — amidst the noise, ...
- PID
- apw:12357853
- Date Uploaded
- 2019-10-28T20:35:13.617Z
- Title
- Favorite quote
- Author
- Markhasev, Mikhail
- Pages
- 4 pages
- Text (O)
- Favorite Quote by Mikhail Markhasev "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" Gospel of Matthew 16:26 True sayings are like signposts on the road of life, pointing us in the right direction. We keep them as needed reminders of what's meaningful on a journey often marked with diverging paths. But, sometimes, when our strength fails, these sayings keep us. The piercing questions spoken b...
- PID
- apw:12357979
- Date Uploaded
- 2019-10-28T20:39:19.483Z
- Title
- From thief to belief: Life in the monastery of the prodigal son
- Author
- Markhasev, Mikhail
- Pages
- 4 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- From Thief to Belief: Life in the Monastery of the Prodigal Son by Mikhail Markhasev III The outside world is fascinated with the inside arena of prison life, where the realm of the riveting struggles for survival is often displayed in a most raw manner. But for most of us on the inside, the upside down universe of prison living is a twisted caricature of life: a shameful existence, stained with past sins and marred by excruciating pain of other people's suffering. Glorying in prison lor...
- PID
- apw:12358970
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-06-18T19:12:50.11Z
- Title
- From thief to belief: Life in the monastery of the prodigal son
- Author
- Markhasev, Mikhail
- Pages
- 7 pages
- Text (O)
- From Thief to Belief: Life in the Monastery of the Prodigal Son by Mikhail Markhasev I Somehow I was more at home in jail than in the free world. From juvenile hall and youth camps, to county jail and prison, the ground beneath my feet was more certain, more structured, and more acceptable than the unpredictable merry-go-round of outside society where the pressure to succeed revealed my inner emptiness and insecurity. Was it because I've become institutionalized and feared the challenge ...
- PID
- apw:12357937
- Date Uploaded
- 2019-10-28T20:37:57.068Z
- Title
- How Manson made peace with the son of man
- Author
- Markhasev, Mikhail
- Pages
- 2 pages
- Text (O)
- How Manson Made Peace with the Son of Man by Mikhail Markhasev I've heard that God does no miracle until all human resources are exhausted. That's certainly true with Charles Manson. Most people believe he is guaranteed a hot seat in Hell, but there are plenty of others, who prayed, hoped, and wrote Charlie about Jesus, seeking to pull this infamous blasphemer out of the pit of his own making... It's impossible to detail all the conversations about God, life, and death, we shar...
- PID
- apw:12354769
- Date Uploaded
- 2019-01-16T17:33:16.426Z
- Title
- Monastery of the prodigal son
- Author
- Markhasev, Mikhail
- Pages
- 4 pages
- Text (O)
- Monastery of the Prodigal Son by Mikhail Markhasev Working in’a prison chapel is not unlike a box of chocolates: it should be plain and simple, but you never know what you're gonna get. In here, the sacred and the profane blur into an undiscernable stew of characters and circumstances, radiating faith and folly, seeking a slice of Heaven within the half-baked pie of our Hell. Thankfully, our facility's designated place of worship is an unassuming cluster of cubicles huddled around t...
- PID
- apw:12358965
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-06-18T19:12:42.535Z
- Title
- Restorative justice inside out
- Author
- Markhasev, Mikhail
- Pages
- 10 pages
- Text (O)
- Restorative Justice Inside Out ‘by Mikhail Mrkhasev I I smiled throughout the court proceedings. Arrogant and uncaring, I smiled at the victim's devastated family, as thy watched me strut into the courtroom day in, day out. Unmoved, I smirked when the guilty verdict was announced. When the flocking journalists outside the courthouse asked me how I felt, I grinned disdainfully and flicked an obscene gesture in reply: an apt summary of my life's purpose, values, and identity at that p...
- PID
- apw:12357663
- Date Uploaded
- 2019-10-28T20:28:51.655Z
- Title
- Taking justice into my own hands
- Author
- Markhasev, Mikhail
- Pages
- 2 pages
- Text (O)
- Taking Justice Into My Own Hands by Mikhail Markhasev Unknowingly, I stumbled unto the path of restorative justice through the family of the man whom I murdered in cold blood during a botched robbery. During my trial, this family decided not to pursue the death penalty because they did not want my family to suffer the agony they experienced as a result of my crime. At the time, as a calloused teenager blinded and bound by a straight-jacket of self-absorbed thinking, I did not recognize my f...
- PID
- apw:12356141
- Date Uploaded
- 2019-05-23T19:24:42.871Z
- Title
- Why a philosophy major is necessary for prisoners
- Author
- Markhasev, Mikhail
- Pages
- 5 pages
- Text (O)
- Sophia in the System: Why a Philosophy Major is Necessary for Prisoners by Mikhail Markhasev Man does not live by bread alone, but also by ideas which have consequences. Many of us in prison have not thought through the consequences of our actions, and are spending years -- if not a lifetime -- behind bars because of an unexamined life. Criminality is an outward symptom of a failed worldview, an unresolved existential crisis which oozes character defects and harmful actions. Gang membership, ...
- PID
- apw:12357858
- Date Uploaded
- 2019-10-28T20:35:25.601Z