An Ode To Imagination
What is unique about human beings? That was the question that followed me. Other philosophers have supposed that our form of...
A Flame In A Dark Cave
It was just another day of that, when it happened. I don’t know why, but the teacher suddenly broke off what he was saying and...
What You Are Is Perfect Imperfection
Your less evolved areas have a right to be. They whisper of things past. They whisper of confusion, of unfulfillment and of the...
Compulsion To Closure
Somewhere recently, I heard or read the phrase, “compulsion to closure.” I can’t recall how it was used by whoever said...
Tale Of The Ringless Ring
Nasrudin was a spiritual leader and teacher in a small village. He was honored and respected as a mullah, although he was rather unusual...
Shadow Cannot Drive Out Shame
I was taught to affirm, “I am whole, perfect, and complete.” I didn’t have good definitions of those words at the time....
Praying With The News
The 17th of the Hebrew month Tammuz initiates a three-week period of mourning that leads to Tisha b’Av, which is the day that...
Sound Of The Genuine
There is in every person something that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine ... There is in you something that waits and...
Pain Expands Our Capacity For Joy
Daily, my work requires me to delve into the hellish reality of unimaginable experiences of gross abuse. Neither words nor images can...
Beginner's Mind Vs. Expert Mind
We collect, store, and accumulate so much weight in this life. The thousands of thoughts, ideas, and plans we have are imprinted on...
Radical Optimism
Radical optimism is a big view of the moment that does not include outcome. Another way of saying this is that the radical optimist is...
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is the most powerful thing that you can do for your physiology and your spirituality, and it remains one of the least...