Be A Light Unto Yourself
To be aware is to watch your bodily activity, the way you walk, the way you sit, the movements of your hands; it is to hear the words...
Awareness of Emotions
Without an awareness of our feelings we cannot experience compassion. How can we share the sufferings and the joys of others if we...
The Real Addiction
When we talk of addiction, it is not merely to alcohol or to drugs, but also to passion, to anger, to fear, to egotism: all these are...
Faith is to Let Go
"Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is like when you trust yourself to the water. You don't grab hold of the water...
From Theory To Practice
Q: Sankara says that we are all free, not bound, and that we shall all return to God from whom we came, like sparks from a fire. If that...
Everyday Heroes
Nancy Rivard lost her 54-year-old father suddenly to bladder cancer on Christmas Eve 1983. "I wondered what life was about that it...
The Job
Enter first applicant. "You understand that this is a simple test we are giving you before we offer you the job you have...
Strong Enough To Be Weak
If you are a strong-willed and accomplished person, you may often give the impression that you are invulnerable to feeling inadequate...
Become a Lake
An aging master grew tired of his apprentice complaining, and so, one morning, sent him for some salt. When the apprentice returned,...
Look At The View
I found one of my best teachers on the boardwalk at Coney Island many years ago. It was December, and I was doing a story about how...
Giving Leftovers
As we start getting further from the L.A. area, everybody wants to have a chance to give us a meal, to help out. As a result we have...
Zen Alarm Clock
Much as you want to roll over and go back to sleep, we have to start the day sometime. Whatever serves to stir us from our slumber --...