Reading Archive
Noise
When I get to the redwood forest, the trees welcome me with the ancient eloquence of their silence. I’ve been away so long...
Four Friendly Facts
A friendly person is someone who can empathize with you. They can put themselves in your shoes and see things from your point of view....
Us Vs. Them
The great leader never feels it is us versus them. He or she is for everybody. To be for one interest group is never to be against...
What Catches My Attention?
Long, long before there were any written words, there were animals—and all the rest of the teeming natural world. Creation is the...
Art Does Not Ask For Proof
We live in a world of evidence. Our cities’ infrastructures and our environmental planning, our school curricula and our economic...
Radical Honesty
Radical honesty, a form of authenticity that begins inside you, is a warm recognition that you gently apply to your conscious life. This...
I Would Like ...
What would I like? I would like to live a life of wisdom and compassion, like the sunflower, turning toward what deeply nourishes it. I...
The Skills Necessary To Deal With Anguish
Truly accepting pain is not at all like passive resignation. Rather, it is active engagement with life in its most intimate sense. It is...
The Sound Of Wings
A friend and I often greet each other with the Arabic words, “Ishq Allah.” Ishq is passionate love for God. Crazy love for...
Maybe Something We Remember
Believe me when I say I wish I could offer you something like an instant parting of the clouds, a single sentence or practice that would...
Faith And Certainty Aren't The Same
What became clear for me is that we cannot control the volatile tides that life brings, but maybe we can learn to build better boats. I...
Why Does This Matter?
I’ve been a graduate student in physics for almost three years, but I only recently figured out why. I had to tackle a simple...