Reading Archives (2011)
Make Your Life Into a Giving
Make your life into a giving. When I say a giving, it is not to be understood as an act. Giving as an act is a deception because, after...
We Are Between Stories
We live in an exciting time. As cultural historian, Thomas Berry put it: "We are between stories." The old story -- bracketed...
Everyday Creativity
I’m rather good at maps. I’m also good at using a GPS device. But I forgot the maps and here we were, late afternoon, last...
Letter to My Grandson
Change is difficult for all of us. The older we get, the more change we face. All change involves loss, and whenever we lose...
A Spiritual Conspiracy
On the surface of the Earth exactly now there is war and violence and everything looks horrible. But, simultaneously, something...
The Difference Between Natural and Unnatural
For thirty years I lived only in my farming and had little contact with people outside my own community. During those years I was...
Pilgrimage to Nonviolence
First, it must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he...
Stand In the Tragic Gap
The bad news is that violence is found at every level of our lives. The good news is that we can choose nonviolence at every level as...
Finding the Deepest Joy in Relationships
One very helpful tool in both clarifying and working with our relationship difficulties is to return to the three questions: Am I truly...
That Which is Looking
Only when you turn attention to awareness itself, there isn't anything behind it. That's what returning to the source means. It means...
Psychological Materialism
Even if you are against the materialism of society and you do not want to support it, refusing to work is still grasping at the wrong end...
Giving Somebody Your Heart
In every interaction you have with another human being—doesn’t matter who—you always have two main choices....