Organizing With Love
My favorite life forms right now are dandelions and mushrooms—the resilience in these structures, which we think of as weeds and...
As Way Opens
Lately I’ve been thinking about the traditional Quaker phrase, “Proceed as way opens.” Proceed as way...
Without Ourselves
A clear glass orb floats above the cliff just off the edge representing our conscience, souls, and selves what if it shatters?...
Three Supports For Turning Towards Mystery
There are three primary supports for nonconceptual awareness. These three supports are obvious in many ways, and yet, their simplicity...
Conscious Complaining
Not to start on a down note, but repressing your emotions can destabilize your psyche and do a number on your overall health. When...
Equanimity Of Doctor, Hunter, Warrior
There are three types of equanimity. First is the equanimity that realizes how even though you may have goodwill for all beings and...
When My Father Faced An Emergency
Someone asked me once if I had ever seen my father in an emergency situation, and if I might describe how he dealt with it. At the time I...
The Difference Between Knowledge And Understanding
Knowledge is acquired when we succeed in fitting a new experience into the system of concepts based upon our old experiences....
Starlings In Winter
Chunky and noisy, but with stars in their black feathers, they spring from the telephone wire and instantly they are acrobats in...
Effort Does Not Change The Person
Effort may change the behavior but it does not change the person. Just think what kind of a mentality it betrays when you ask, 'What...
An Awe Walk
What gives you a sense of awe? That word, awe—the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your...
May Your Cup Always Overflow
I've never made a fortune, And I'll never make one now But it really doesn't matter 'Cause I'm happy anyhow. As...