Beyond The Conflict Of Inner Forces
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life: “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.”It is a...
Can You Love The One Who...
There’s one in you who’s sweet. There’s one in you who’s mean. Can you love them both? Can you let them...
Small Wonder
Barry Lopez writes that if we hope to succeed in the endeavor of protecting natures other than our own, "it will require that we...
Using Attention in a New Way
One of the things we are trying to do here, is learn to pay attention to seeing what complicates our attention -- where we get caught,...
Gift from the Sea
The beach is not the place to work; to read, write, or think. I should have remembered that from other years. Too warm, too damp, too...
Social Intelligence
One day, late for a meeting in midtown Manhattan, I was looking for a shortcut. So I walked into an indoor atrium on the ground floor of...
The Essence of Spirituality
To be spiritual is to be related to the visible, invisible and the infinite aspects of life simultaneously. True spirituality never...
Always Had It, Always Will
Not this crude leather; luminous beings are we! - Yoda What would you do if someone swore that you knew the secret of life and put...
The Power of Myth
MOYERS: Why myths? Why should we care about myths? What do they have to do with my life? CAMPBELL: My first response would be,...
10 Principles of The Artist's Way
It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act of creation, the universe is able to...
The Challenge of Gift-Giving
I am afflicted with a trait which I suppose is common, yet I feel peculiar. Even though I like receiving gifts, I find myself feeling...
The Call
I have heard it all my life, A voice calling a name I recognized as my own. Sometimes it comes as a soft-bellied whisper....