Surprises About Mankind
What surprises you most about mankind? "That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up and then long to be children...
Time-shifting Not Time-management
"I've observed over the years that many people in our culture experience not having enough time in daily life. The...
Catching Bubbles
Imagine a child trying to catch a soap bubble. After playing with bubbles for a short time, the child learns their nature. He...
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Mindfulness is considered the heart of meditation but its essence is universal and of deep practical benefit to all. In essence,...
Fifteen Minutes to Live
The students of an enlightened monk walked up to him as he was working in his garden and asked, "If you knew you had only only 15...
Who Are You?
A story, first told on President Bush, speaks to our sense of identity. The story has it that George Bush was visiting the residents of a...
Thought is a screen not a mirror
"Why are you so wary of thought?" said the philosopher. "Thought is the one tool we have for organizing the world."...
See Others As Brothers and Sisters
An old Rabbi once asked his pupils how they could tell when the night had ended and the day had begun. "Could it be," asked one...
On Education
"Sometimes one sees in the school simply the instrument for transferring a certain maximum quantity of knowledge to the growing...
A Kid on Poverty
One day a father and his rich family took his son to a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people...
Futility of Discrimination
"All the time we are aware of millions of things around us--these changing shapes, these burning hills, the sound of the engine, the...
When Stillness Comes on Its Own
"The old habits will continue; the thoughts will go on rushing. And your mind is always in a rush hour, the traffic is always...