Sharing Someone Else's Wound
My son was on a trip, a semester-long program in Israel, and then they traveled to Poland for 10-days. On this program, he...
Embracing Deep Transitions With Wisdom
As we stand at the precipice of endings—of species, ecosystems, organizations, and systems themselves—the work of hospicing...
The Best Day Of My Life
The best day of my life—my rebirthday, so to speak—was when I found I had no head. This is not a literary gambit, a witticism...
We Can See Only What We Can Think
Fortunately or not, everything we do is led by our thinking. There's just no way around it. Even if I say, "I'm going to...
Gymnastics Of Attention
I once tried an improv class to see if that would finally help calm my stage nerves. It didn't. But I did learn something amazing....
Between Knowing And Not Knowing
Ezra Klein: I sometimes play with the idea — and recognizing that I know nothing in these areas — that a lot of what is being...
A New Energy Grid
In a ceremony a couple years ago, I received a powerful teaching. I was invited to think of some things for which I felt grateful....
Why Do We Send Flowers?
Why do we send flowers? To make up for what is intangible? Those feelings we can’t hold in our hands and present as a gift to our...
Live As You Like But Renounce Internally
Reality is without attributes: it is not color, it is not music, it is not yellow or black, etc. What you see is only the qualified...
Liberation
If I had to define liberation, I’d say, “It’s the reconciliation that, what is, is.” In that, there is no...
Love Is The Highest Form Of Acceptance
Love is the highest form of acceptance. Judgment is the mechanics of non-acceptance. Some may say that without “good...
It's Okay To Be Perfectly Human
Why do we do it? Why do we nag and criticize ourselves? Why do we launch scud missiles of negative words and thoughts against our...