Returning to the Root
Let go of longing and aversion, and everything will be perfectly clear. When you cling to a hairbreadth of distinction, heaven and...
Technology of Meditation
When you read books about meditation, or often when meditation is is presented by different groups, much of the emphasis falls on the...
Become the Change
Some people might find it ironic that I've never been much of a TV watcher. Aside from old reruns of The Andy Griffith Show, I stopped...
Well-Knotted Rope
There is a scene in the marvelous movie Lost Horizons, in which a group of travelers become stranded in the Himalayas. They are met...
Emotional Chains
The problem isn't that we're lost or apathetic, narcissistic or materialistic. The problem is we're terrified. A lot of us know we...
When Skills Meet Demand
For surfers it is the moment when they come into equilibrium with the incredible force of the wave. For skiers it is when the balance is...
Ball of Quicksilver
If I try to taste and understand this delicate flavor that contains the secret of the world, it is again myself that I find at the heart...
Your Abundance
Love is innocent when there is no motive in it. Love is innocent when it is nothing but a sharing of your energy. You have too much, so...
Search Itself Changes You
"This whole planet is fiction," he said. "A picture show. Sometimes it can be a rather engrossing picture show, but that doesn't make it...
Looking Over My Life
My excitement at life grows ever stronger; my health as I round the bend to my sixtieth birthday has never been better. I thank all my...
Secret of Aikido
The secret of Aikido [a form of martial arts] is to harmonize ourselves with the movement of the universe and bring ourselves into...
A Habitual Waiter
Are you a habitual "waiter"? How much of your life do you spend waiting? What I call "small-scale waiting" is waiting in line at the...