Reading Archives (Author)
Roses & Thorns
The handsome, smiling, humbly-clad man they called U.G. sat relaxed and friendly before me. Intent upon using my visit to get straight...
Spiritual Materialism
Whatever you want, even the so-called spiritual goals, is materialistic in value. What, if I may ask, is so spiritual about it? If you...
A Living Silence
How can you understand silence -- chaotic or otherwise? Is it possible for you to capture that silence? When that silence starts...
To Be Yourself
You always want to be somebody else, you want to imitate the life of somebody else -- you want to imitate the life of Jesus, you want to...
Thinking
The natural state is not a 'thoughtless state' -- but in this state thought stops choking you; it falls into its natural rhythm. There...
Search For Answers
Lead singer (of U2) Bono puts it this way: "There are two types of performers. There are performers that lay claim to their music as...
Clues On Higher Ground
Moon and stars sit way up high Earth and trees beneath them lie The wind blows fragrant lullaby To cool the night for you and I On...
Why Do We Shout In Anger?
A saint who was once visiting a river to take a bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He...
When Winnie The Pooh Was Scared
“Piglet” said Pooh. “Yes,” said Piglet. “I’m scared,” said Pooh. For a moment there was...
The Way of the Water
We have glamorized the way of the warrior for millennia. We have identified it as the supreme test and example of courage, strength,...
Communication As Mutual Entrainment
Every act of communication is an act of tremendous courage in which we give ourselves over to two parallel possibilities: the possibility...