The deep joy embedded in presence that inclines us to laughter
Finally, It’s Here. Finally, He’s Charged: An Almost Anti-Climactic Saving of the Nation
We take a deep breath. And we watch and listen.
We take a deep breath. And we watch and listen.
Do We Love Ourselves Enough, and Love the World Enough to Save It?
Most of us want to expand alternative energy sources, want to save endangered species, want to slow, and attempt to halt, the warming of the planet. These people are our siblings. Do we see and feel them?
Most of us want to expand alternative energy sources, want to save endangered species, want to slow, and attempt to halt, the warming of the planet. These people are our siblings. Do we see and feel them?
Last Night, I Spoke With the Pope in a Dream
When we don’t try to appear divine, the divine within us speaks.
When we don’t try to appear divine, the divine within us speaks.
The Sound That Quieted the World: Saying Farewell to a Friend and Regrets
There’s something so naked and mysterious in many relationships between humans and beings of other species.
There’s something so naked and mysterious in many relationships between humans and beings of other species.
Touching Life in All Its Forms: Summer, Walking, and Treating Living as Learning
Summer is a time for re-invigorating life, connecting to the world around us, learning or re-learning how to walk openly to a challenge.
Summer is a time for re-invigorating life, connecting to the world around us, learning or re-learning how to walk openly to a challenge.
Maybe There’s a Joy So Deep the Whole Universe Is in It
Sometimes, just staying still and listening to the wind can be an event of great beauty.
Sometimes, just staying still and listening to the wind can be an event of great beauty.
The Darkness Closest to Us: Don’t Get So Absorbed in the Universe of Words That We Lose the Universe of Being
We can never fully know or fully capture ourselves or be contained in any number of words, thoughts, judgments.
We can never fully know or fully capture ourselves or be contained in any number of words, thoughts, judgments.
When the Sky Is Burning and the Earth Is Coughing
Compassion is a key to understanding.
Compassion is a key to understanding.
Perceiving Ourselves and Our World More Clearly So We Can Act More Powerfully
Without truth, how do we know what to do?
Without truth, how do we know what to do?
Instead of Shrinking Our Lives, Expand Them
Going as one united being into a beautiful day and into that good night.
Going as one united being into a beautiful day and into that good night
Companions Who Walk With Us, Moment by Moment
"Mind is no other than mountains, rivers, and the great wide earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars."
“Mind is no other than mountains, rivers, and the great wide earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars.”
Feeling Discombobulated: Why Time Is Not Separable From Being
When the universe, time and space, wears us as a hat.
When the universe, time and space, wears us as a hat.
Meaningful Rituals: Fostering Compassion, Honesty, and Social Cooperation Instead of Hate, Violence, and Social Disintegration
Our stories, the origin myths, the tales and truths, the histories we tell and allow to be taught our children, bring us together.
Our stories, the origin myths, the tales and truths, the histories we tell and allow to be taught our children, bring us together.
Feeling More Comfortable With Aging
Maybe if we stop fighting ourselves our lives might not seem to pass as quickly.
Maybe if we stop fighting ourselves our lives might not seem to pass as quickly.
When the Sky Clears, What Is It We See?
The bird danced on the roof top, saluting sky, the emptiness in which it flies, and we all live.
The bird danced on the roof top, saluting sky, the emptiness in which it flies, and we all live.