The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. – Henri J. M. Nouwen I admittedly struggle in my life’s work as a […]

I question my self-subscribed theology often. I feel that’s healthy. I continue to take into account the evolution of consciousness through us as a species and see how language, nuance, […]

Ram Dass wrote about visiting death row inmates in San Quentin. He recalled those visits to be equal to visiting the holiest of monasteries. As they meditated together, he described […]

Years ago a prominent spiritual leader shared the story of her first invitation to a high profile political fundraiser. She felt the invitation came due to her strong opened criticism […]

Over promise – under deliver. I’ve heard it used to describe the scene of so many of our trust crimes. I’ve used it myself regarding maintenance workers, organizations, health care […]

Peace is felt in an atmosphere of surrender. An atmosphere of surrender is available through letting go of the conventional. Letting go the conventional requires the understanding that there are […]

In high school English class, we read a short story called The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson. It was first published in The New Yorker in 1948 and is still […]

Ritual has been a part of civilization since the beginning of our primitive existence. What brings it relevance and meaning in our modern world experience is the depth of intention […]

It’s noisy out there. Divisive and fearful opinions daily sound off like sirens which layer us with worry and a smothering forgetfulness that seems to blanket our innate genius. When […]

I was recently reminded of a powerful distinction – the difference between change and transformation. With change, I can make a different choice, but, I can always revert back to […]

There is a sustaining energy that is the nucleus of all livingness. It links everything and everyone. It is infinite in nature – always has been, always will be. This […]

We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. – Saint Clare of Assisi In a recent airline magazine article, a biologist shared his research on […]

A low self-image is usually not based on fact but on mismanaged memory. – Orrin Woodward The phone rang in the middle of the night. It was the Veterans Administration […]

You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind. – Henry David Thoreau The Mule Rule A mule is the offspring of a female horse and a male donkey. A […]

When one suffers from cold and congestion there is a system we use in order to facilitate the cold to run its course. We rest, drink fluids, alter diet, take […]

Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight. For the greatest tragedy of them all is never to feel the burning light. – Oscar Wilde Icarus, from Greek […]

Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein We are not born with a tentative stride. In our infancy, we are fearless, ceaselessly […]

If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words
 alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don’t abide in
 borrowed certainty. There is no […]

Long ago the first lapidaries or gemcutters used primitive methods to polish the exterior of rough rock material. They would fill rough textured bags with raw unrefined pieces. Shaking it […]

Northeast of Bodhgaya, India is a terrain of rocky hills and brush populated by slums. Situated inside one of these hills is the Praghbodhi Cave, the place where Siddhartha Guatama […]

On a friend’s invitation, I signed up for a deep-sea fishing expedition off the shores of Corpus Christi, Texas prior to returning for my sophomore year in college. Far into […]

It was painful to watch. Activist and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver visits a family in Huntington, West Virginia – a town given the label as the unhealthiest in all of […]

…the time between one occurrence and another …the period of time between now and when something is supposed to happen. Recently, when meditating on this common phrase, it occurred to […]

DialogueYou may have read or heard from a variety of sources that we humans have something upwards of 60,000 thoughts a day. 60,000. I’m not sure how one actually calculates […]

Those who experience the unity of life see their own self in all beings and all beings in their own self. – Buddha Imagine an endless net where in each […]

You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.– Rumi We are all in hospice. From the moment we arrive through the portal of birth, we begin the journey […]

The secret to having it all is knowing you already do. – Unknown If the gift of Life is already made, then our part must be to accept, receive, believe […]

The best propaganda is not pamphleteering, but for each one of us to try to live the life we would have the world live. – Gandhi The saying goes that […]

Adaptability is key. – Marc Andreessen Early 20th century experiments with parasites on plants found that when infested rose bushes were brought into a room and placed in front of […]

It was never true. All those years focusing on a belief that somehow you couldn’t do it – somehow you weren’t good enough, were years influenced by lies. All those […]

You are not the same person you were 365 days ago. There is cell, blood and tissue regeneration. People have come and gone. Countless miles traveled. Physical adventure and immeasurable […]

The Latin phrase Carpe Diem (seize the day) was first attributed to a poem written by the famed Roman poet Horace during the reign of Augustus. It gained fresh awareness […]

There is but one temple in this Universe: The Body. We speak to God whenever we lay our hands upon it. – Thomas Carlyle We can sit in the shade […]

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. – Gandhi If we want to be free from suffering, we have to stop inflicting it. If […]

Beloved comedienne Gilda Radner frequently joked, “It’s always something.” So many relate to the everyday human existence with perpetual overwhelm. Life seems packed with situations we feel must be overcome. […]

We have all the light we need. We just need to put it to practice. – Albert Pike The well-known idiom states, “There’s a light at the end of the […]