Equanimity: The Radical Permission To Feel
Equanimity is a fundamental skill for self-exploration and emotional intelligence. It is a deep and subtle concept frequently...
A Portrait in Patience
Patience they said was a virtue. Only I wasn't ever quite sure why. I always saw her as a rather plain-faced girl with a sweet smile....
Our Teachers in Nature
Looking at living systems over time, I came to understand that they all go through a cycle that's very like our psychological maturation...
A Blessing for One Who is Exhausted
When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic, Time takes on the strain until it breaks; Then all the unattended stress falls in On the...
The Fallacy of Togetherness
Make friends with those who are on the path at least as much as you are. If they do not take you forward, at least they do not become a...
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,...