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An Unusual Gift From My Grandfather
Often, when he came to visit, my grandfather would bring me a present. These were never the sorts of things that other people brought,...
Life May Itself Be A Koan
Consider the Zen practice of the koan, the question or problem proposed by Zen masters to each other or by masters to students. The koan...
Stepping Over The Bag Of Gold
My patient, a physician who has cancer, comes to his session enormously pleased with himself. Knowing my love of stories, he says that he...
The Gift of New Eyes
Many years ago, I had just given a talk on the messages, both positive and negative, that we convey to our patients without our...
The Difference Between Education and Training
For me, the process of education is intimately related to the process of healing. The root word of education -- educare -- means to lead...
Only Service Heals
If helping is an experience of strength, fixing is an experience of mastery and expertise. Service, on the other hand, is an experience...
Serving Is Different From Helping And Fixing
In recent years the question how can I help? has become meaningful to many people. But perhaps there is a deeper question we might...
Impermanence is Not Fragility
Perhaps survival was not only a question of the skillful use of state-of-the-art technology, perhaps there was something innate, some...
Power of Blessing
We bless the life around us far more than we realize. Many simple, ordinary things that we do can affect those around us in profound...