Reading Archive (Simplicity)
A Blessing for One Who is Exhausted
When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic, Time takes on the strain until it breaks; Then all the unattended stress falls in On the...
Why Are We Running Out of Time?
Technology itself is not the cause of our problem of time. Its influence on our lives is a result, not a cause -- the result of an unseen...
The Great Tragedy of Speed
Speed in work has compensations. Speed gets noticed. Speed is praised by others. Speed is self-important. Speed absolves us. Speed...
Believers in Small Graces
There are those who search God in the quiet places -- no churches, no public displays of piety, no dramatic or flamboyant rituals. They...
What We Need Is Here
Horseback on Sunday morning, harvest over, we taste persimmon and wild grape, sharp sweet of summer's end. In time's maze...
How Is Your Heart Doing?
In many Muslim cultures, when you want to ask them how they’re doing, you ask: in Arabic, Kayf haal-ik? or, in Persian, Haal-e...
Advice From A Tree
Dear Friend, Stand Tall and Proud Sink your roots deeply into the Earth Reflect the light of a greater source Think long term Go out...
No Better Place to Meet Yourself
Moussa Ag Assarid (MAA): I don’t know my age. I was born in the Sahara desert, with no papers. I was born in a nomadic camp of...
Serving Like The Mountain Stream
I was taught when I was a little boy that it was good to be unselfish and loving, and I used to think that I should grow up to serve...
Businessman and the Fisherman
A young businessman was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Seeing several large...
Get a Life
There are thousands of people out there with the same degree you have; when you get a job, there will be thousands of people doing what...
Unencumbered By Thought
There is a process for reaching nirvana and it is this: You must repeat the mantra. And the mantra, which happens to be emblazoned on our...
Should We Spend Time Like Money?
Benjamin Franklin once said: time is money. He meant this only as a gentle reminder not to "sit idle" for half the day....
What Do I Really Need Right Now?
An essential question we might ask ourselves is, 'What do I really need right now, in this moment, to be happy?' The world offers...
Money is not Wealth
Money is a way of measuring wealth but is not wealth in itself. A chest of gold coins or a fat wallet of bills is of no use whatsoever to...
Do-Nothing Cultivation
The usual way to go about developing a method is to ask, "How about trying this?" or "How about trying that?" bringing in a variety of...
Do You Have Time To Love?
To love is, above all, to be there. But being there is not an easy thing. Some training is necessary, some practice. If you are not...
What You See Is What You Get
When I was six or seven years old, growing up in Pittsburgh, I used to take a precious penny of my own and hide it for someone else to...
In Praise of Idleness
Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying: 'Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.' Being a highly...
Conscious Simplicity
Here are three major ways that I see the idea of simplicity presented in today’s popular media: 1) Crude or Regressive...