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...
The Simplest Meditation: Waiting
For most of us waiting is not easy, often a bore. Waiting for a bus or train, we look for something to do to pass the time. Sitting in a...
Irony Of Marriage
Largely, marriage has been used by those societies, religions, and families as a mini-prison, as kind of a contractual arrangement that...
Letting Someone Know They're Not Alone Is No Small Thing
Months ago, I decided to explore volunteering for a hospice organization. My initial curiosity came up when I contemplated wanting to...
Shape Of Silence
The silence is profound this morning. It is not portentous; there seems to be nothing in the waiting. It is a gentle silence, liquid and...
End Of The World
The end of the world as we know it is not the end of the world ... it is also the end of a way of knowing the world. "When a world...