Believers in Small Graces
There are those who search God in the quiet places -- no churches, no public displays of piety, no dramatic or flamboyant rituals. They...
Help Comes From the Strangest Places
Help comes from the strangest places. We are living in the middle of a revolution in consciousness. Over the past few decades,...
Making a New Start
Making a new start isn’t starting ‘again.’ There’s no ‘again’ about it. New is new. But by now...
Worms Are, Therefore I Am
Perhaps the reason that we do not get enough enlightenment these days is because we do not take the time to sit under a tree. To be an...
Entertainment Vs. Art
In the increasingly information-heavy times in which we live, distractions abound. The word distraction literally points back to a...
Instilling Discipline and Responsibility in our Lives
Responsibility is not only the ability to respond to what comes towards us, it is also the capacity to stand behind our actions and to be...
Embracing the Mystery of Uncertainty
A Zen parable captures the mysterious connection between attending to our own consciousness and the external events that enfold us....
Individual and Social Ethics
Misers, whose absorption in means is pathological, are generally recognized to be unwise, but minor forms of the same malady are apt to...
Ancient Law of Hospitality
Perhaps our greatest resource for peace is in an awareness that we enrich ourselves when we share our possessions with others. We...
Building a Creative Temple
Whenever you set out to build a creative temple, whatever it may be, you must face the fact that there is a tension at the heart of the...
You Carry Your Wound
You carry your wound. With the ego, your whole being is a wound. And you carry it around. Nobody is interested in hurting you, nobody is...
Stop Eating Our Corn!
[ Fascinated by machinery, a Japanese farmer bought a big foreign tractor to grow his corn and apples in northern Japan. Thirty years...