Bouquets And Brickbats
Gurpreet
Guru Nanak, the first Guru of the Sikhs, shared a message that was radical for his day. He questioned empty rituals, exposed the hypocrisy of the powerful, and encouraged ordinary people to rise above...
Hosting The Pain Of The World
Thomas Huebl
When we begin to access fields of collective trauma to begin the healing process together, we often become aware of those who have passed away, often in violent circumstances. Their presence...
The Laughter Thief
Soren Gordhamer
I read recently that the average 4-year-old laughs about 300 times a day. The average 40-year-old? Only four. So why do so many of us lose our laughter as we grow older? Yes, adulthood comes wit...
The Face Game
Richard Lang
Learning to play “the Face Game”, as Douglas Harding calls it, is not seen as being a mistake or trap, but actually an important stage of human development which only becomes problematic w...
Why Silence Can Feel Agitating
Cortland Dahl
In the mid-2010s, researchers at the University of Virginia ran a now-famous experiment. They asked college students to sit quietly for just 6 to 15 minutes, alone with their thoughts—no phone, ...
Vows Of Active Hope
Joanna Macy
On the last afternoon of a two-week intensive workshop, Joanna Macy was out walking and met a young monk from the retreat centre hosting the event. "Well," he said, "I expect now on you...
No Fingerprint On The Infinite
Andrea Gibson
Trauma was not being able to get the hands of the clock off of me. Healing was learning no one has ever laid a fingerprint on the part of me that’s infinite. ...
When Solutions Are Technologies Of Avoidance
Bayo Akomolafe
When things don't go according to plan, when the laboratory explodes into splinters of glass, smoke, and worthy intentions, it is very usual to subject the errant event to an analysis of what went...
Remember Ourselves As A Murmuration
Zach Bush
The murmuration of birds is one of my favorite phenomena in nature—an occurrence where Starlings flock together with up to hundreds of thousands at once to create complex patterns in motion. ...
Letting The Hero Die
Paul Weinfield
Leonard Cohen said his teacher once told him that, the older you get, the lonelier you become, and the deeper the love you need. This is because, as we go through life, we tend to over-identify with b...
The Willing Gift
Author Unknown
The sun was soft that morning, and the breeze carried the smell of wet earth. Birds flew low over the fields as Acharya Vinoba Bhave walked barefoot along a dusty village path. He walked slowly&mda...
Eloquence Of Silence
Thomas Moore
If you have rich empty oases in you, places for refreshment and pause, you can more likely enjoy a happy life. If you see a stunning mountain or lake as you travel, you can stop and take time to do no...
Mother Earth's Humming
Yuria Celidwen
Now, She still ripples. She still hums, pulses, quivers. She still sighs, murmurs under the Skies. We pay attention, and all we hear is urgency. Waters whirl, winds rise, fires rage, irate. The cha...