For Parents, Happiness is a Very High Bar!
Have we over-done the parenting thing? It seems parents these days are so overwhelmed in trying not to ‘mess up’ their kids that they end up messing themselves up with...
The Frightening Face of Boredom
Our human bodies have been around for about 300,000 years. The majority of this evolution has been outside cities and little cement buildings, in colorful landscapes, fully exposed to elements...
Already This World Gives You Your Job – Zen Master Seung Sahn
Dharma Magic (Greek below) Zen Master Seung Sahn: Compassion mind means only help other people. Not thinking about me – only helping other people. Choice means great vow; great vow...
Opportunities for a Fascinating Life
Being alone, keeping a distance from people, and becoming silent are not only opportunities for someone on a ‘spiritual path’, these are opportunities for any human who wishes to stay...
Food is Information. And Poison!
We are living in a time of abundance. Here, in the West, of course. We are also really getting to know how tricky abundance is. We have too much of...
Mysteries with Lips Tightly Shut
Standing in a circle of darknessEyes facing the four directionsRelinquishing this body of flesh and boneDon’t you knowLightning strikes gods and demons alikeBreathing in the celestial fragrant air.Bathing in the...
Profound Subtlety and the End of Time
I sit alone at a side-street café. It’s a little cold but I’m in the sun, I can feel my face warming from the touch of the winter rays, while...
I Follow the Deep Beating of my Heart ..!
Kazantzakis (Greek below) You must become the sun to illuminate the extinguished suns of others. There are no ideas, there are only people who carry the ideas, and they take...
Your Gold Under the Clay
One of the most beautiful expressions I have heard on the intention of a therapist is from Dr. Alberto Villoldo: “When my clients walk into my office, I see them...
You Don’t Grab Hold of the Water
Faith and trust. Wow, am I working on this… daily. Faith that I’m being carried, that I don’t have to try so hard, that it is already happening. Trust the...
