The Hardest and Most Courageous Act
We do not live merely to "do something" –- no matter what. Activity is just one of the normal expressions of life, and the life it...
The Blooming of the Offering Within You
A poem is a flower you offer to people. A compassionate look, a smile, an act filled with loving-kindness is also a flower that blooms on...
Riding the Crest of the Unknown
You know little about yourself -– the hidden motives and blind spots, where thought actually takes its shape, where desire is subtly...
The Four Relinquishments
Once you've made the first relinquishment, you have found inner peace because it's the relinquishment of self-will. You can work on this...
A Search for Hidden Opportunity
When considering the future, remember that all situations unfold as they do regardless of how we feel about them. Our hopes and fears...
Antithesis Of Addiction
There is something deep within our nature. A guiding light if you will. A voice that always speaks of goodness. A voice that is always...
Ourselves We're Helping, Ourselves We're Healing
I am touched by another when the distance between us is reduced to zero. I am touched only if I respond from my own center -- that is,...
When Death Comes
When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps...
When the Real Heart Breaks Open
When the real heart breaks open, the question becomes, "How can one serve the One? How can one be this Truth?" And there's no final...
How Generosity Leads to Awakening
The cultivation of generosity is the beginning of spiritual awakening. Generosity has tremendous force because it arises from an inner...
Your Job -- A Manifestation of Your Spirit
[At your job], just as with prayer, any attempt to change the outer circumstances without making a change within the consciousness is...
A Path to Truth
When you speak of a path to truth, it implies that truth, this living reality, is not in the present, but somewhere in the distance,...