Stay With The Breath
Put aside your old ways of using your eyes and ears and nose, tongue, body, and mind to focus on issues outside there in the world, to...
The Fish on the Camel
As Hafiz says, "First, The fish needs to say, “Something ain’t right about this Camel ride – And I’m Feeling...
In Praise of Idleness
Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying: 'Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.' Being a highly...
Developing Mindsight
Oftentimes people hear the word mindfulness and think “religion,” but the reality is that focusing our attention in this way...
Staying In Your Own Business
I can find only three kinds of business in the universe: mine, yours, and God’s. For me, the word God means...
Maybe, Said the Farmer
Once upon a time there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his...
The World Also Has a Soul
"There is a core delusion at the center of our struggles in all organizations. A core delusion that narrows our sense of self and...
Transforming The Wandering Mind
Meditation is the reversal of the process that establishes our habitual tendencies. Consequently, the establishment of habitual...
The Question of Being
Above the entrance to the Oracle at Delphi were written the words, “Know Thyself.” Jesus came along and added a sense of...
Nothing Else Matters
Stop dead in your tracks. It doesn’t matter at all, what you’ve ever done, or not done. It doesn’t matter how...
Only Service Heals
If helping is an experience of strength, fixing is an experience of mastery and expertise. Service, on the other hand, is an experience...
Should We Spend Time Like Money?
Benjamin Franklin once said: time is money. He meant this only as a gentle reminder not to "sit idle" for half the day....