Entertainment Vs. Art
In the increasingly information-heavy times in which we live, distractions abound. The word distraction literally points back to a...
Instilling Discipline and Responsibility in our Lives
Responsibility is not only the ability to respond to what comes towards us, it is also the capacity to stand behind our actions and to be...
Embracing the Mystery of Uncertainty
A Zen parable captures the mysterious connection between attending to our own consciousness and the external events that enfold us....
Individual and Social Ethics
Misers, whose absorption in means is pathological, are generally recognized to be unwise, but minor forms of the same malady are apt to...
Ancient Law of Hospitality
Perhaps our greatest resource for peace is in an awareness that we enrich ourselves when we share our possessions with others. We...
Building a Creative Temple
Whenever you set out to build a creative temple, whatever it may be, you must face the fact that there is a tension at the heart of the...
You Carry Your Wound
You carry your wound. With the ego, your whole being is a wound. And you carry it around. Nobody is interested in hurting you, nobody is...
Stop Eating Our Corn!
[ Fascinated by machinery, a Japanese farmer bought a big foreign tractor to grow his corn and apples in northern Japan. Thirty years...
Learning to Suffer More Effectively
Psychological grasping is your main source of suffering, not the physical sensations in your legs -- that is to say, how much you...
Trust in the Awareness
‘Meditation’ can mean all kinds of things. It’s a word that includes any kind of mental practices, good or bad. But...
A Realm Beyond Measurement
With meditation, you can't push. Meditation is one of those things that cannot be forced. You just have ot make yourself...
Mighty in Contradiction: Love Powerfully
As we see more deeply into our inner drives and defenses, we discover that the choices we are faced with aren’t all black and...