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...
Limitation Becomes Space
Allowing this moment to be as it is, just this moment, no more. Just this moment. Suddenly there’s an inner space around it...
The Process Of Understanding
We'll focus on the union of two apparently contradictory gestures: simultaneous holding and releasing. Holding. I...
Voluntary Simplicity
The impulse frequently arises in me to squeeze another this or another that into this moment. Just this phone call, just stopping...
Three Mystical Powers
I have attained three supreme mystical powers. I am going to teach them to you, if you are ready. These siddhis overcome all obstacles,...
Gratitude
A good turn done is a heaven-born gift you cherish Ask 'Will (they) repay it?' and it'll perish A helpful act howsoever...
Sympathy, Empathy And Compassion
Pity, sympathy, empathy, compassion. Each is received at various times by one in distress. They are the responses engendered by our...
Mistaking The World We’ve Made For The Real World
The instant we wake the story begins: “Here I am. In my bed. Hard worker, good dad, decent husband, a guy who always tries his...