Death Connects Us To Life
Growing up with monastic teachings around the impermanence of life, I got the opportunity to apply them when my grandmother passed on,...
Who Do We Choose To Be?
The powerful always defend the status quo because it is the source of their power and privilege. Any change that benefits others would...
Dropping Out, Like The Buddha
In an age where being super busy is a badge of honor and accomplishing tasks the greatest virtue, where some activists promote rallies by...
Recycling Karmic Trash
It’s very common for people on a meditative or spiritual path to develop a kind of sensitivity to the poison and pain of others....
Seven Stages Of The Ego
The first stage is the Depraved Ego (Nafs), the most primitive and common state of being, when the soul is entrapped in worldly pursuits....
Everything Is Waiting For You
Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and cunning crime with no...
Listening As An Act Of Transformation
Two villagers came to a rabbi with a dispute. When the rabbi invited them to sit down and talk about it, they glowered at each other as...
What Happens When We Wonder?
When I think about wonder I think about waterfalls, newborn babies, and whales. I think about seeds, snowflakes, and rainbows. I think...
The Difficult People In Your Life
We don’t always know why difficult people show up in our lives. There are some good theories about it, of course. Jungians,...
What You Do Afterwards
Creativity is all about what you do afterwards. I’m thinking about something that Miles Davis said about jazz improvisation:...
Do A Nice Thing For Your Future Self
I grew up on a small family farm, with plants and animals needing care in every direction, so vacations were rare. But one summer my...
Wisdom Of Grieving
Not only is grieving a stage of the spiritual activist’s journey, but the grieving process itself often unfolds in stages, which...