The Rich Experience of A Quiet Mind
Entertainments, in whatever form one cares to take them, are necessary and indeed vital to happiness in the ordinary sense of the word....
Sitting Aboard Life's Merry-Go-Round
Welcome! Welcome to the fair! I can see, you’re already sitting on the merry-go-round! It’s great how you are driving! You...
What Astrology Teaches Us
Astrology is not meant to be a primarily predictive science. It is meant to be for understanding ourselves and also for...
One February Morning in Vietnam
It was another morning in Chu Lai, Vietnam -- a large and ugly army base where I was. One February morning, as I avoided the mud...
Meaning of Yin and Yang
Everything has a right to live. Everything wants to exist and we have to respect that. The weaker side in any relationship...
Renaissance
This morning, at sunrise, a new bud appeared on the tree. It was born around midnight. The bark, the skin of the tree, split...
Unattainable Goal of Peace
[Nobel Lecture, June 16, 2012] The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive...
The Cosmology of Peace
The issue of interhuman tension is secondary to earth-human tensions. If humans will not become functional members of the earth...
Be Not a Beggar
Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you — but do not think of that now,...
Letter on the Kitchen Table
Dear Ego, I’m breaking up with you. No more circular discussions, no more eleventh hour recriminations. We’re through. This...
A Walk in the Rain
As the story goes, I was walking through the rain on a cold Autumn evening in Oxford. The sky was getting dark; I was wrapped up warm in...
Those Who Float
Young as you are, I know you already know something about faith. You have faith in your mother's arms. That's a good start....