Reading Archives (2014)
Not Resisting Resistance
The building where I used to run a meditation group was on the same street as a fire station; one could almost guarantee that sometime...
Kindness Includes Everything
What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering,...
Our Environment Is An Integrated Whole
We have a very special relationship with our environment. The sooner we realize it, the better it is for all of us. Life as we know it...
A Heart Wide Open
"Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depth of their hearts where neither sin nor knowledge could...
Anyone Else Suffer From Active Laziness?
I was recently reading a book about a boy who becomes acquainted with philosophy through the need to answer questions about living and...
A Pledge For Grateful Living
In thanksgiving for life, I pledge to overcome the illusion of entitlement by reminding myself that everything is gift and, thus, to...
Who are you, really?
“Any thought that you have had about yourself, however deflated or inflated, is not who you are. It is simply a thought. The truth...
Practice of Being Real
The practice of being real is something highly underrated. We have been taught to appear in certain ways to get the approval of others....
Be Nobody
Consider this: We all know that it is in those moments when we completely lose ourselves — engrossed in a good book or movie,...
Don't Go Back to Sleep
To be human is to be lost in the woods. None of us arrives here with clear directions on how to get from point A to point B without...
Conscious Simplicity
Here are three major ways that I see the idea of simplicity presented in today’s popular media: 1) Crude or Regressive...
The Difference Between Education and Training
For me, the process of education is intimately related to the process of healing. The root word of education -- educare -- means to lead...