Understanding and Cultivating Silence
Just by exploring this you really get to understand what [self] is, how you become a personality and also to see that when there is no...
We Start Where We Are
When we learn to be of service to one another without imposing our ideas and advice, eventually the truth of our wholeness begins to...
To Know Without Needing To Understand
Usually, we search for understanding because we believe that it will lead to true...
Three Great Forces
The three great forces that the Christian Elders in the Egyptian desert identified as the enemies against which we’re battling are...
Learning to 'Presence'
When any of us acts in a state of fear or anxiety, our actions are likely to revert to what is most habitual: our most instinctual...
What is Goodness?
The question will be asked, "What is goodness? What does our moral nature mean?" My answer is that when a man...
Daily Life of Art
Since the inception of the human species and until only decades ago, daily life was infused with art making. We crafted our own tools,...
Neighbors Are Our Practice
Meditation is only one of the many qualities that is emphasized. It's a very important one because we have to understand our mind, and we...
We Have Forgotten Sabbath
A "successful" life has become a violent enterprise. We make war on our own bodies, pushing them beyond their limits; war...
What Eugene Taught Me
When I first met Eugene, he had been a peer mediator for several years in his South Bronx high school. Once, when he was asked by...
The Lovely State of Observation
There are two parts of life. Motion and motionlessness. Movement is one part of life but to be in a state of...
The Interplay of Awareness, Presence and Compassion
Many Masters have said: "Urge on the horse of awareness with the whip of presence!" And, in fact, if awareness is not...