Time: A Mystery & Problem
The question of our relationship to time is both a mystery and a problem. It calls to us from the deepest recesses of the human heart....
Meaning: Where Monk and Child Meet
The monk in us is very closely related to the child in us or, if you want, to the mystic in us — and we are all meant to be mystics. We...
The Thread That Unites Wisdom Traditions
Similarities would seem to suggest, among other things, that there are spiritual patterns at work in the universe, at least as far as we...
Who Wants To Be A Philosopher?
Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself. Other creatures may love and laugh, talk and think, but...
Outlasting the Fog
We all have these moments when the rose loses it color for some reason, or the music no longer stirs us, or the sweet, gentle soul across...
Keep No Accounts With Love
You are the tree of Life. Beware of fractioning yourselves. Never set fruit against fruit, a leaf against a leaf, or a bough against a...
Rude Awakenings
The example of the newly blinded man is so concrete, I wish I could use it as a type for all life-training. When he first loses his...
The Danger of Service Without Spirituality
Service, even when it is utterly selfless, ought to be guided by spiritual understanding; for selfless service, when unintelligently...
The Opportunity Aging Offers
One of the best parts of aging is entering the "don't know," learning to be someone who can rest comfortably in uncertainty. There are as...
Growth Only Comes When You Transform
Ultimately, the only way to be fulfilled is to constantly grow and to contribute in a meaningful way to other people, to the world. And...
Letting Go Of The Glory
There is something magical that happens to the human spirit, a sense of calm that comes over you, when you cease needing all the...
Painting the Inner Sistine Chapel
Just as we need scaffolding to build a building, just as scaffolding was needed for Michelangelo and his apprentices to paint the frescos...