Spiraling Perspective
"The past is not static, or ever truly complete; as we age we see from new positions, shifting angles. A therapist friend of mine likes to...
Romancing the Paradox
How do we summon the right blend of practical love and constructive anger? How do we refrain from hating other people even as we fight...
Working for World Peace
Your Choice and Purpose
"If you are here on earth wearing the human instrument, you are here out of choice and purpose. The choice was made to experience this...
Nature and Disaster Truths
During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not...
The Second Layer of Hope
It is the nature of hope to become lost; what begins with high hopes often ends in deep despair. Hope hid under the lid after Pandora's...
Do Not Be Daunted
Do not be daunted by the insurmountability of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated...
Bodhisattvas -101
A traditional skillful (and at times humorous) reflection can be used to change our relationship to difficulties. The image of this...
Bittersweet
You are a genius…
You are a genius. Maybe not in the same way that Einstein and Beethoven were, but still: You possess exceptional capacities that are...
All we need is the morning
All we need is the morning. As long as there is sunrise, then there is the possibility that we can face all of our misfortunes, celebrate...
You’re too crazy smart….
.... we are all one body, descended from the same primordial mother and made of identical stuff — the calcium in all of our bones and the...
Looking Anew…..
The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old...
How is enlightenment like a million dollar vacation home?
For some seekers, spiritual enlightenment is the ultimate commodity. They believe that through diligent meditation and self-improvement,...
One of Us
Someday,the light will shine like a sun through my skin & they will say, What have you done with your life? & though there are...
On the energy of suffering….
Alan Wallace, a leading Western teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, puts it like this: “Imagine walking along a sidewalk with your arms full of...
Spiritual Activism
"A spirituality that is only private and self-absorbed, one devoid of an authentic political and social consciousness, does little to halt...
Happiness is the Way
"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to...
These Candles, Our Bodies
These candles, our bodies, see how they burn. How many hours will they last-days,months, years? Look at the warmth and comfort we can give...
To Waiting
You spend so much of your time expecting to become someone else always someone who will be different someone to whom a moment whatever...
The Work of HAPPINESS
I thought of happiness, how it is woven Out of the silence in the empty house each day And how it is not sudden and it is not given But is...
Only One Rule
The sky Is a suspended blue ocean. The stars are the fish that swim. The planets are the white whales I sometimes Hitch a ride On, The sun...
I, Me Wed….
...There's another kind of holy matrimony we should make room for: one that climaxes not with the oath, "With this ring, I thee wed," but...
