Reading Archives (2017)
Where We Are Is Our Temple
Expanding our spiritual practice is actually a process of expanding our heart, of widening our circle of insight and compassion to...
The Gift Of Threshold Moments
The thrush’s song belongs to a family of experiences that usher us into a threshold where sound trails off into silence, time...
What You Missed That Day You Were Absent From Fourth Grade
Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listen to the wind, how to find meaning in pumping gas, how peeling potatoes can be a...
Small Graces
Night is closing in. It is time for sleep. I have walked a quiet path today. I have done no great good, no great harm. I might have...
The Messiah Is One Of Us
Once upon a time there was a wise abbot of a monastery who was the friend of an equally wise rabbi. This was in the old country, long...
Laziness As Our Personal Teacher
The path of awakening is a process. It’s a process of gradually learning to become intimate with our so-called obstacles. So rather...
The Sun Is The Perfect Example
The sun is the perfect example of acting without desire. When the sun rises does the idea enter its mind to say, 'I shall banish the...
Space To Heal
Healing requires space. As we plow through day to day life, we dream about finding a time when there will be space to heal,...
Welcoming Fear As A Friend
The basic lesson is this: Fear is not an enemy but a friend. Fear is something good, something alive, alert, and wild in us. Fear may be...
Seeing Is Not Thinking
The question is not what to do but how to see. Seeing is the most important thing—the act of seeing. I need to realize that it is...
Planting Twin Trees
There was a custom in the mid-eighteen hundreds of planting twin trees to celebrate a marriage and the starting of a home. The stance of...
One Has No Self To Love
Love that expresses itself in creative action is something much more than an emotion. It is not something which you can...