Reading Archives (2012)
Social Intelligence
One day, late for a meeting in midtown Manhattan, I was looking for a shortcut. So I walked into an indoor atrium on the ground floor of...
The Essence of Spirituality
To be spiritual is to be related to the visible, invisible and the infinite aspects of life simultaneously. True spirituality never...
Always Had It, Always Will
Not this crude leather; luminous beings are we! - Yoda What would you do if someone swore that you knew the secret of life and put...
The Power of Myth
MOYERS: Why myths? Why should we care about myths? What do they have to do with my life? CAMPBELL: My first response would be,...
10 Principles of The Artist's Way
It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act of creation, the universe is able to...
The Challenge of Gift-Giving
I am afflicted with a trait which I suppose is common, yet I feel peculiar. Even though I like receiving gifts, I find myself feeling...
The Call
I have heard it all my life, A voice calling a name I recognized as my own. Sometimes it comes as a soft-bellied whisper....
Frying the Seeds of Anger
When I am angry, my whole mind becomes a huge wave of anger. I feel it, see it, handle it, can easily manipulate it, can fight with it;...
Planetary Birth
From the vantage point of our birth as a universal humanity, we are not dying; rather we are in a dangerous but natural condition, Just...
A Servant Leader
To progress, society doesn't need 'leaders' anymore. This doesn't mean that we won't have great men amidst us. I think...
Sunrise in Laos
I am a mountain girl, and my first love in Asia are the monasteries tucked between the snow-covered razor ridges of the high Himalayas....
Gaining Mental Power
Uncontrolled thoughts are the roots of all evils. Each thought by itself is extremely weak, because the mind is generally distracted by...