This I Believe
I am not going to talk about religious beliefs but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them. I believe in...
Opening the Door to a New Humanity
Over six billion different worldviews are walking on our earth. Every individual I-universe has one. Together we create and carry the...
A Relentless Search For Greater Understanding
There are no provable certainties. That is the view of modern science and much of modern philosophy. And, this view — that there are no...
Clear and Present Compassion
Understanding and compassion are very powerful sources of energy. They are the opposite of stupidity and passivity. If you think that...
Equanimity: An Invisible Inheritance
Gratitude isn’t merely an extra, an outflow of meditation. The deep peace of meditation gushes up from the realization that an infinite...
Bringing Attention to Intention
The greater our awareness of intentions, the greater our freedom to choose. People who do not see their choices do not believe they have...
Changing Existence into Flow
"[Flow means] being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and...
Be Your Own Story
Go out and save the world. That is to suggest to you that with energy and right thinking you can certainly improve, certainly you might...
Trust in the Difficult
It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we feel as paralysis because we no longer hear our astonished...
Residing in the Space Between
Everything that we call form and phenomena, that we call observer and observed, is all coming from the same place, including our own...
Substituting Presence for Preparation
Give up planning. Clear your mind instead of filling it. Don't spend your energy on preparing for the future. Redirect it to the...
The Art of the Skilled Mechanic
Not moving, not really thinking about anything, not really caring about anything either, seems to draw out the inner tensions and...