Trapped By Views
We recognize that whatever comes up is just a mental formation within the mind, just a thought or just a perception. We can have a...
Staying Small To Stay Safe
Somewhere along the line of human evolution, fears caused many of us (especially those who lost their link to the natural environment and...
When My Life Is In Danger
A few years ago, an elderly monk arrived in India after fleeing from prison in Tibet. Meeting with the Dalai Lama, he recounted the years...
Life Is Full But Not Overcrowded
In my mid life, I began to realize that it's as though we have two selves or two natures or two wills with two different viewpoints....
What Is Wealth?
What is wealth? It’s having plenty, right? The variables in the equation are pretty simple. What you have, what you’ve got...
Monet Refuses The Operation
Doctor, you say there are no haloes around the streetlights in Paris and what I see is an aberration ...
Zen Of Archery
In the 1920s, a German professor named Eugen Herrigel moved to Japan and began training in the martial art of archery, with a legendary...
My Neighbor's Corn
There was once a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best corn. One year a newspaper reporter...
When Light Shines, Darkness Becomes The Light
From time to time you may become restless, and the restlessness will not go away. At such times, just sit quietly, follow your breathing,...
Song Of The Birds
For millennia, the language of birds has called us to cross divides. In the Qur’an, Solomon received a bounty and blessing when he...
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing
I am the youngest of eight siblings. Five of us have died. I share losses, health concerns, and other challenges common to the human...
Universal Humans In Training
We are in the midst of an unprecedented transformation in human consciousness. Unprecedented. Our perception is expanding beyond the...