Reading Archive (Forgiveness)
Everyday Creativity
I’m rather good at maps. I’m also good at using a GPS device. But I forgot the maps and here we were, late afternoon, last...
Living from the Heart
When we are envious of somebody, it is because they are mirroring a place in us that does not feel abundant. After all, if you feel...
The Japanese Word, Mu
Yes and no…this or that…one or zero. In the basis of this elementary two-term discrimination, all human knowledge is built...
The Oppressor and the Oppressed Must Both be Liberated
I always knew that deep down in every human heart, there is mercy and generosity. No one is born hating another person because of the...
The Golden Eternity
I have lots of things to share now, in case we ever meet, concerning the message that was transmitted to me under a pine tree in North...
Seeing is an Act
The question is not what to do but how to see. Seeing is the most important thing -- the act of seeing. I need to realize...
Response Vs. Reaction
When I was 19 and 20, part of what drove my urge to awaken was that we were still in the midst of the Cold War, and it looked as though...
To Be On A Spiritual Path
"To be on a spiritual path means to live mindfully, paying attention to the signs along the road and being conscious of our body...
Taking a Stand
Over two thousand years ago, the mathematician Archimedes said, “Give me a place to stand and I’ll move the world.”...
Unlocking a New Sphere of Reality
Being attentive unlocks a sphere of reality that no one suspects. If, for instance, I walked along a path without being attentive,...
Five Prayers
In gratitude, I bow to all generations of ancestors in my blood family. I see my mother and father, whose blood, flesh, and vitality are...
Loving Your Enemy
To love our enemies does not mean that we suddenly become their friends. If it is our enemies we are to love, they must remain enemies....
Violence and Nonviolence
"What is violence? What is nonviolence?" the Dalai Lama had once asked me in one of our interviews in Dharamsala. "Very...
Psychological Materialism
Even if you are against the materialism of society and you do not want to support it, refusing to work is still grasping at the wrong end...
Do You Remember Your Song?
When a woman in a certain African tribe knows she is pregnant, she goes out into the wilderness with a few friends and together they pray...
Art is a Life Raft
Art is a life raft. Many who become artists did so because they found refuge in art from some traumatic aspect of their early lives. I...
Lessons On My 70th Birthday
Today is my birthday. I turn 70. I’ve learned a few things so far that might be helpful to others. For the past few years,...
Serenity Prayer
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is...
Cool Loneliness
As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve...
Giving Within For-Give-Ness
People often say that Jesus taught, "You should turn the cheek if someone smites you; you should turn the other cheek if they wrong...