In Search of the Treasure
A parable. An old farmer, on his deathbed, tells his sons that there is treasure buried in the fields. After he dies, his sons dig and...
Inner Social Responsibility
Viewing the world as a large pieced-together collection of fragments, some of which are labeled as friend and others as foe, begins...
Seat of Power
We know that the greatest power is lodged in the fine, not in the coarse. We see a man take up a huge weight, we see his muscles well,...
Mushin
The idea of marital arts was that a person who is working for the good of humanity does not develop an aggressive nature but a peaceful...
Truth Comes at a Cost
If I was to translate the enlightened state down into human terms, I.d have to describe it as contentment. Being nobody, going nowhere,...
The Divine Superman
It has been well said by one who saw but through a veil and mistook the veil for the face, that thy aim is to become thyself; and he said...
Blink of an Eye
When it comes to the task of understanding ourselves and our world, I think we pay too much attention to those grand themes and too...
The Main Thing
The sage Nasrudin stood on the bow of a ferryboat next to a pompous professor. "Have you ever studied astronomy?" asked the professor....
The Shenpa Syndrome
Someone criticizes you. They criticize your work or your appearance or your child. At moments like that, what is it you feel? It has a...
Divine Darkness
The word Shiva literally means that which is not. That which is, is existence; that which is, is creation. That which is not is Shiva....
Art of Awareness
Thoreau wrote: "Only that day dawns to which we are awake." The art of awareness is the art of learning how to wake up to the eternal...
Meaning of Love
[Helen Keller tells how, as a deaf and dumb child, she learned the meaning of love from her teacher, Anne Sullivan.] I remember the...