Reading Archive (Fear)
The River Cannot Go Back
It is said that before entering the sea a river trembles with fear. She looks back at the path she has traveled, from the peaks of the...
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life
I will not die an unlived life I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living...
Technique of the Dance
Relationship is not strangled by claims. Intimacy is tempered by lightness of touch. We have moved through our day like dancers, not...
The Question of Being
Above the entrance to the Oracle at Delphi were written the words, “Know Thyself.” Jesus came along and added a sense of...
Fearlessness
Most of us experience a life full of wonderful moments and difficult moments. But for many of us, even when we are most joyful, there is...
Death: the Key to the Door of Life
There is no need to be afraid of death. It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live...
When Winnie The Pooh Was Scared
“Piglet” said Pooh. “Yes,” said Piglet. “I’m scared,” said Pooh. For a moment there was...
Fearlessness can Coexist with Fear
In meditation and in mindfulness practice, we are learning to replace fear with trust, not as an ideal or abstraction, but as a sense of...
Make Death Your Ally
Death is an important ally for appreciating life. I am not referring to a morbid preoccupation with death. Rather, I mean the felt...
What Is Your Storyteller Doing?
At 8:28 AM I slipped into the pool at my gym for my half hour swim. There was a water aerobics class that began at 9:00, which left just...
Medicine for the Earth
In all spiritual traditions it is taught that everything that manifests in the physical world starts in the invisible realms of spirit....
The Surrender Experiment
Life rarely unfolds exactly as we want it to. And if we stop and think about it, that makes perfect sense. The scope of life is...
The Practice Of Soft Eyes
In a sacred landscape, with its complexities and convolutions, surprise is a constant companion: it lies just around the bend or hidden...
Exhausting Quest For Perfection
The quest for perfection is exhausting and unrelenting, but as hard as we try, we can't turn off the tapes that fill our heads with...
We Are What We Choose to Be
On rare and precious moments, someone will tell me about when he used to play the saxophone or when she used to dream about opening a...
Reality Poses No Danger
Things that are real pose no danger to the mind. The real dangers in the mind are our delusions, the things we make up, the things we use...
Intentions And Effects
Have you ever wondered why things happen the way they do in your life? Have you ever considered that the creation of your experiences,...
Learning to Stay
In meditation we discover our inherent restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there but our bodies wiggle and...
Creative Living
This, I believe, is the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that...
A Key To End Sorrow
The demand to be safe in a relationship inevitably breeds sorrow and fear. The seeking for security invites insecurity. Have you ever...