Reading Archives (Author)
Be Vigilance
Vigilance is often misunderstood. Usually what passes for vigilance is careful monitoring by the superego. I'm sure you're very...
Deep Inquiry: Not for the Faint of Heart
Authentic spiritual inquiry reveals the joy of fresh insights and revelation, just as artistic or scientific inquiry does, but if we...
To Be Simply, Radically, Absolutely Still
Sometimes, in a blessed life, there arises what we call the spiritual search, the search for God, the search for Truth. There is a...
To Know Without Needing To Understand
Usually, we search for understanding because we believe that it will lead to true...
Underneath All Victories and Defeats
In the midst of some activity, even the activity of reading this now, it is completely possible to allow your mind to open fully, and in...
The Power of Stopping
The trance of conditioned thoughts can be deep and complex, but it has no defense against something as simple as...
The Practice of Desire
Someone once shared with me this very simple yet profound discovery, "If I practice desire, I suffer." What could be simpler?...
What Do You Really Want?
Most of us do not have to worry about where we will get our next meal, or if we will have a place to sleep tonight. Most of us are not...