The Grandest Vision For Humanity
The universe is complex and beautiful. When we listen to stories of humanity, life and death, we can’t fathom the complexity of...
The False Duality Between "Job" And "Service"
Around the time when I set off for Asia in July, two of my dearest friends/teachers both went from full-time volunteer work to taking...
Force Of Love Is The Force Of Total Revolution
A tender, loving concern for all living creatures will need to arise and reign in our hearts if any of us is to survive. And our lives...
Attachments Are Not Set in Stone
Attachment is such a simple word, but it’s multi-faceted. At the most fundamental level it’s that feeling of neediness deep...
Enlightenment is Intimacy with All Things
Depending on how we use it, the mind can obscure or reveal truth and thereby create hell or heaven for us. In that sense, where we...
Be Alight with Who We Are
There is always purpose in being, but not always being in purpose. How easily we get caught up in defining who we are in relation to...
Big Enough to Take It All In
To want to see clearly is a true act of fearlessness. To open our heart and mind, to be open to what life is offering us in this moment,...
Is There Righteous Anger Ever?
One of the most common expressions of violence is anger. When my wife or sister is attacked, I say I am righteously angry; when my...
Live Intentionally, In Freedom
Modern psychology commonly asserts that we cannot enter the unconscious fully aware. The mystic responds, "Oh, yes, you can! I have...
Knowledge can be Conveyed, but not Wisdom
Look, my dear Govinda, this is one of my thoughts, which I have found: wisdom cannot be passed on. Wisdom which a wise man...
True Humility: Selfless Respect for Reality
From the potential unique location – the site of devastation that we might become – we understand that we are no grander...
The Sacred Art of Pausing
In our lives we often find ourselves in situations we can’t control, circumstances in which none of our strategies work. Helpless...