Mercy
She asks me to kill the spider. Instead, I get the most peaceful weapons I can find. I take a cup and a napkin. I catch the spider,...
Thoughts Are Just Thoughts
What we normally call the mind is the deluded mind, a turbulent vortex of thoughts whipped up by attachment, anger, and ignorance. This...
Three Questions For A Better World
My friends have helped me see the deadly consequences of the growing gap between rich and poor. A wise African religious leader...
Love Is Not A Feeling, It's An Ability
bell hooks: It fascinates me that while we are so obsessed with romance, many of us are turned off by the practice of love. When you...
A Map To Here
Many people tend to see spiritual awakening as a challenge, goal or spiritual destination  -- something to be achieved or accomplished....
You Are Not Alone
The dark season is here in the Northern Hemisphere. And maybe it is dark for you inside as well as outside. You may feel lonely or in...
When I Say I Know You
When I say I know you, I mean I knew you yesterday. I do not know you actually now. All I know is my image of you. That image is put...
Unconditional Love Really Exists
Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of...
Kintsugi
When a bowl, teapot or precious vase falls and breaks into a thousand pieces, we throw them away angrily and regretfully. Yet there is an...
If It Can Suffer, It's Real
Many people believe that truth conveys power. Unfortunately, this is just a comforting myth. In fact, truth and power have a far more...
Conscious Completion
Youth is peppered with conspicuous firsts. And unless we’re really trying, life's lasts can tend to sneak past, unnoticed. Your...
Secret Kinship With The Other
Perhaps genes aren’t the only thing that we’ve been shaped to try and save. Maybe altruism evolves to recognize affinity,...