Autobiography in Five Chapters
1) I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost ... I am hopeless. It isn't my fault. It takes...
Attachment With Detachment
Attachment is the source of all our pleasures now. We are attached to our friends, to our relatives; we are attached to our...
Cleaning the Window
We've never really accepted boredom as a conscious state. As soon as it comes into the mind we start looking for something interesting,...
Wave is Part of the Ocean
"I heard a nice little story the other day," Morrie says. He closes his eyes for a moment and I wait. "Okay. The story is about a...
Do You Really Want A Cure
To a distressed person who came to him for help the Master said, "Do you really want a cure?" "If I did not, would I bother to come to...
Which Choices Have You Made?
How many choices have you made already today? How many more choices will you make by the end of the day? Believe it or not, the power...
A Prayer
Blessed are the man and woman Who have grown Beyond their greed And have put an end to their hatred...
Distraction From What Is
Effort is distraction from what is. We must understand the problem of striving. If we can understand the significance of effort, then...
Let Them Sleep
Those who don't feel this Love pulling them like a river, those who don't drink dawn like a cup of spring water or take in sunset like...
Many Schooled But Few Educated
If busyness is an emotional complex, then it's likely that when we are busiest, we are doing least. We can be extremely active without...
Accepting Others Totally
When you look at the blue sky or the stars, or the birds and mountains, you have no complaints about them. And you are pleased and...
Embarrassed by Silence
He enters the classroom, sits down, doesn't say anything. He looks at us, we look at him. At first, there are a few giggles, but...