The False Self From Childhood
I ran across a developmental psychology theory not long ago that I’ve had bouncing around in the back of my head ever since. It...
Listening Is A Great Art
You know, listening is a great art. It is one of the great arts we have not cultivated: to listen completely to another. When you listen...
Sacred Mess Of Nature
A seed eventually blooms into the most beautiful flower. But first it must break down, crack open, travel through mud without any...
Genjo Koan
Enlightenment is like the moon reflected in the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is...
Is There A Real World Out There?
Here’s a commonsense view of perception. Let’s call it the “how things seem” view. There’s a...
What Is Prayer?
And what is prayer? Again, I would like to remain silent, for silence is the closest we come to God before losing ourself in that. Prayer...
A Jeweler's Eye
Of my diagnosis, he had asked, “If you could take it all back, would you?” The answer I arrived at was this: “The...
Suffering Is Never Alone But Shared
I feel and see the flow of life and death inside and outside me. Sometimes, I resist in despair, saying — why should this be, all...
From Me To We: True Love Is A Process Of Humility
A community of people walking together on a spiritual path has a great deal of strength; its members are able to protect each other, to...
Achieving Peace
When an individual lacks inner peace, domestic harmony is affected. When domestic harmony is lost, peace amongst neighbors too thins...
Longer Ladders Don't Get You To The Moon
Sundials came into being over 3,000 years ago, telling time-based on shadows cast by the sun. But they were thrown off by variations in...
The Inward Sea
There is in every person an inward sea And in that sea, there is an island And on that island is an altar And standing guard...