Remember Ourselves As A Murmuration
The murmuration of birds is one of my favorite phenomena in nature—an occurrence where Starlings flock together with up to hundreds...
Vows Of Active Hope
On the last afternoon of a two-week intensive workshop, Joanna Macy was out walking and met a young monk from the retreat centre hosting...
The Willing Gift
The sun was soft that morning, and the breeze carried the smell of wet earth. Birds flew low over the fields as Acharya Vinoba Bhave...
When Solutions Are Technologies Of Avoidance
When things don't go according to plan, when the laboratory explodes into splinters of glass, smoke, and worthy intentions, it is...
Imagination Is Not Day-Dreaming
Imagination is a superpower. Every single change in society started in somebody’s imagination — or in a small group’s...
Who Is Having This Pain?
The good news about pain is the way it cries out for attention. If you place your mind on your pain, you know just where your mind is....
Wisdom Of Rocks
Let us linger on the wisdom of rocks—not as inert masses but as carriers of time, witnesses to cycles far beyond human...
Love Itself Was Gone
The light came through the window Straight from the sun above And so inside my little room There plunged the rays of love In...
The Weighing
The heart's reasons seen clearly, even the hardest will carry its whip-marks and sadness and must be forgiven. As the...
Fullness On The Other Side Of Emptiness
In many mystical traditions, across the spectrum of the world’s religions, we find a paradoxical teaching that says the most...
Simple Was Satisfying
The cultivation of mindfulness is key to waking up and fully experiencing simple pleasures. Simple pleasures are small things that...
Dark Side Of Empathy
Empathy that connects, that builds, that heals requires a code of ethics. It requires restraint. It requires trust. It asks the...