To Be Simply, Radically, Absolutely Still
Sometimes, in a blessed life, there arises what we call the spiritual search, the search for God, the search for Truth. There is a...
Seven People Cutting Stones
For several weeks strange sounds had drifted over the mountains from the neighboring valley. There was much talk in the village about...
The Gentlest Thing in the World
The gentlest thing in the world is an open mind. Since it doesn't believe what it thinks, it is flexible, porous, without opposition,...
Selfless Climbing versus Ego Climbing
Phaedrus wrote a letter from India about a pilgrimage to holy Mount Kailas, the source of the Ganges and the abode of Shiva, high in the...
The Endless Fertility of Walking
Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned, as though they were three characters finally in...
The Great Tragedy of Speed
Speed in work has compensations. Speed gets noticed. Speed is praised by others. Speed is self-important. Speed absolves us. Speed...
Why Not Be Ready?
Our everyday life is our spiritual life. If we have awareness to be able to use our everyday life as practice, then our lives have...
The Only Power of the Mystic
The only power for the mystic is the power of love. Every kind of power lies in this one thing which we call by the simple name: love....
He Who Accumulates Cannot Learn
It seems that communion is a very difficult art. To commune with one another over the many problems that we have requires listening and...
Tale of Two Sermons
I must tell you that in our brotherhood there are two very old brethren; one is called Brother Ahl and the other Brother Sez. These...
Serving Is Different From Helping And Fixing
In recent years the question how can I help? has become meaningful to many people. But perhaps there is a deeper question we might...
Stop Shooting Arrows
The Buddha compares pain with being shot by arrows. Physical pain is like being shot with one arrow, but then on top of that you shoot...