Mushin
The idea of marital arts was that a person who is working for the good of humanity does not develop an aggressive nature but a peaceful...
Truth Comes at a Cost
If I was to translate the enlightened state down into human terms, I.d have to describe it as contentment. Being nobody, going nowhere,...
The Divine Superman
It has been well said by one who saw but through a veil and mistook the veil for the face, that thy aim is to become thyself; and he said...
Blink of an Eye
When it comes to the task of understanding ourselves and our world, I think we pay too much attention to those grand themes and too...
The Main Thing
The sage Nasrudin stood on the bow of a ferryboat next to a pompous professor. "Have you ever studied astronomy?" asked the professor....
The Shenpa Syndrome
Someone criticizes you. They criticize your work or your appearance or your child. At moments like that, what is it you feel? It has a...
Divine Darkness
The word Shiva literally means that which is not. That which is, is existence; that which is, is creation. That which is not is Shiva....
Art of Awareness
Thoreau wrote: "Only that day dawns to which we are awake." The art of awareness is the art of learning how to wake up to the eternal...
Meaning of Love
[Helen Keller tells how, as a deaf and dumb child, she learned the meaning of love from her teacher, Anne Sullivan.] I remember the...
Our Greatest Mistake
Our greatest mistake, in my opinion is to think that human spirituality is somehow already understood and established. If history tells...
I-ness At Arm's Length
The activities you are engaged in of serving the nation and the people are good. But to acquire the full bliss through "karma yoga",...
Beauty of True Simplicity
The clutter of our lives binds us to the precious simplicity that surrounds us and within us. Too of ten we become possessed and...