A Walk in the Rain
As the story goes, I was walking through the rain on a cold Autumn evening in Oxford. The sky was getting dark; I was wrapped up warm in...
Those Who Float
Young as you are, I know you already know something about faith. You have faith in your mother's arms. That's a good start....
Looking With Head, Heart, and Hands
When I speak of seeing, I feel that the mind is open and in a relationship to the hands working, which opens a feeling of being more...
The Spirit Of Gift
We have learned much from the native Americans, the Australian Aboriginals, the indigenous people of India (adivasis) and the Bushmen of...
A Whole New Dimension Of Love
Everything is flowing. And this flow isn’t made up only of external things. It includes relationships, too. Some relationships last...
On Perfection and Priority
Determination seems to underlie all the perfections [of the mind]. There are four aspects to determination. You use...
For an Addict
On its way through the innocent night the moth is ambushed by the light, becomes glued to a window where a candle burns its...
Nature and Nonviolence
You don’t discriminate between the seed and the plant. You see that they ‘inter-are’ with each other, that they are...
Past and Future: Two Streams of the Soul
Thus there are two streams, one from the past and one from the future, which come together in the soul -- will anyone who observes...
Is the Universe Friendly?
"I think the most important question facing humanity is, ‘Is the universe a friendly place?’ This is the first and...
Response Vs. Reaction
When I was 19 and 20, part of what drove my urge to awaken was that we were still in the midst of the Cold War, and it looked as though...
Why Can't We Tolerate Emptiness?
Why is it so hard for us to tolerate emptiness in our minds? The prevalent belief that action always equals progress may be a...