New Forms Of Religion
However much the great ship of religion may be sinking, we remain spiritual in our needs and aspirations. If we see that religion has a...
Gratefulness Happens Before Thinking
My vision of the world? My hope for the future? This topic sounds a bit big. Allow me to start small — say, with crows. They are my...
There Are Many Voices Beside Ours
We [Native Americans] know about silence. We are not afraid of it. In fact, for us, silence is more powerful than words. Our elders were...
The Practice Before The Practice
From the moment we open our eyes, we are meaning-seeking creatures, looking for what matters though we carry what matters deep within us....
The Vessel And The Filter
Each of us has a container within. It is constantly being filled with data. It holds the sum total of our thoughts, feelings, dreams, and...
An Ode To Imagination
What is unique about human beings? That was the question that followed me. Other philosophers have supposed that our form of...
A Flame In A Dark Cave
It was just another day of that, when it happened. I don’t know why, but the teacher suddenly broke off what he was saying and...
What You Are Is Perfect Imperfection
Your less evolved areas have a right to be. They whisper of things past. They whisper of confusion, of unfulfillment and of the...
Compulsion To Closure
Somewhere recently, I heard or read the phrase, “compulsion to closure.” I can’t recall how it was used by whoever said...
Tale Of The Ringless Ring
Nasrudin was a spiritual leader and teacher in a small village. He was honored and respected as a mullah, although he was rather unusual...
Shadow Cannot Drive Out Shame
I was taught to affirm, “I am whole, perfect, and complete.” I didn’t have good definitions of those words at the time....
Praying With The News
The 17th of the Hebrew month Tammuz initiates a three-week period of mourning that leads to Tisha b’Av, which is the day that...