How not to meditate
"Lama Surya Das, the "Buddha from Brooklyn," is one of the handful of Westerners who have been teaching meditation for decades. And yet,...
Trees…
-- Thank you to Natalie Sudman for this find
On Suffering..
Your suffering needs to be respected. Don’t try to ignore the hurt, because it is real. Just let the hurt soften you instead of...
A Hopi Elder’s Prophecy
You have been telling people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are...
Jedi ego…
"….At one point I read a news story about a general census in Great Britain which four hundred thousand people identified their religion...
Rise in Love
The stars are the eyes of Existence watching our every move, hanging upon the rise & fall of our laughter, becoming ecstatic with us...
Who is the author ?
Who is the author.....really? of… Thoughts Expression Words Chords Brushstroke Who are they and who can claim them? Buddha, Mohamed,...
Ode To Buttoning and Unbuttoning My Shirt
No one knew or at least I didn’t know they knew what the thin disks threaded here on my shirt might give me in terms of joy this is not...
I have learned not to worry about Love…
I have learned not to worry about love but to honor its coming with all my heart. To examine the dark mysteries of the blood with headless...
Relationship
Relationship is not strangled by claims. Intimacy is tempered by lightness of touch. We have moved through our day like dancers, not...
Science vs relegion? Science as relegion?
"Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system." "Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and...
Success is….
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston Churchill “Coming together is a...
Like a Hero Going Home
“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view,...
“Dig Here”, the Angel said….
She caught me off guard when my soul said to me, "Have we met?" So surprised I was to hear her speak like that I chuckled. She began to...
WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE
~ Many pressing things are resolved or made unnecessary by simply waiting. Conversely, waiting that has become mechanically habitual...
Surrender
Have you ever wondered What's come over you? Have you ever questioned What you ought to do? Have you ever worried Will it all work out?...
The menu is not the dinner
...the symbol is not the reality. The map is not the territory. The menu is not the dinner. The experience is not its measurement....
Prayer for Peace – A Meditation
sit in your room don't go beyond the confines of your self sit with every rage and disappointment every unmet desire unwrap the layers of...
The Journey
You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life --Mary Oliver One day...
YOUR PLAYMATES
I was born for you; what do you want of me, dear? Look at all that has come from your wish: the forests, the streams, the mountains the...
Kali Ma
Do you know Her? the Destroyer whose footsteps are earthquakes and flames leaves falling upon soil stripped of their past returning to...
Walk On
A Perspective
“If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. And this is because the most powerful things happen...
The Central Harmony
What is bestowed by heaven is called human nature. The fulfillment of human nature is called the Tao. The cultivation of the Tao is called...