Hunger is more than a need for food. Hunger is also a metaphor for the need for companionship, validation, power. We hunger for many things. And the need for...
Spirituality is the central issue of problems. When we assume a spiritual viewpoint, act out of spiritual awareness and experience things go better, smoother,...
Spiritual thinking exists. It is not an oxymoron. Logic and spirituality are compatible. The holy thoughts make sense. They are not a collection of weird...
I have to admit to being a bit rambunctious, perhaps even reckless sometimes. Amusement is a fascination and the humor of a situation may transcend the obvious...
When I take the time to just sit, let the stillness come over me, meditate, unravel, beautiful things happen inside me. The tempo slows. Life becomes clearer,...
Another day, another thought. Yet it is always the same thought. Go to the stillness. Everything emanates from there. Letting go of all that we are working at...
Learning to deal with disappointment is one of the great spiritual challenges. Disappointment, betrayal, problems, those things can work against the psyche,...
When there is attraction to an idea humility is a very good basic principle. We can be our own worst enemy. Self doubt introduces all sorts of fear based...
Sometimes I sit still and go deeply into the sacred moment, sensing the beauty and peace of the universe. Other times I sit down, close my eyes and the endless...
Someone asked if I knew of any cleansing ceremonies that could be used to help a friend. There are so many cleansing ceremonies it would be hard to pick one. ...
When we move in the world, activate ourselves, things happen. Acceptance and humility don't mean that we withdraw and do nothing. Even wei wu wei, doing not...
Usually no matter how spiritual, devout, one with the universe we are, there is a part of us that is out of synch, afraid, nuts in some way. It seems at times...
Meditation is the most basic conscious experience that we have. It is a way to learn how to deal with the incredible variety of things we are exposed to. How...
Living in prayer is, itself, the answer to the prayer, an odd little circle of fulfillment that we might not fully realize. The very act of that communion with...
The teacher hungers for the student's wisdom. It is his desire, his search for truth, to find it in those he loves through teaching. It is God's gift to him,...
I had a friend I used to play chess with long ago. Chuck was very slow. Most people thought he was not very bright. He was the kind of guy who couldn't chew...
A huge pumpkin sits on the floor in my kitchen awaiting the carving of its face. What it will be has not yet been revealed. But my pure black cat, Midnight,...
Why focus on people who lie, cheat, kill, do bad things? When we do that are we not creating them? Isn't that a form of projection? Does that mean that we are...
I don't know how the laws of the universe work in everyone else's lives, so I try to make sure I am writing from my viewpoint, coming from my place as I...
There is a serious problem that we face now. It is the brutal inhumanity and lack of conscience we see in our world. It tears at the soul of a spiritually...
There is so much good work to be done in this world. It is neverending. That's the frustrating thing about it, discouraging even. But there is the classic...
I watched the Charley Rose show as he interviewed Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin about their new spiritual spoof movie. The conversation quickly became deeply...
The more I contemplate the infinite, the more peaceful I am. What I put my attention on determines how I feel. I am in a constant state of responding to my own...
One of the difficulties in writing spiritual messages is in staying real, sticking to the things that are going on, rather than just lifting off into some sort...
Lover has come to have a sexual connotation, but to be a true lover is another whole universe removed, an infinity of difference. When Rumi speaks of a lover...
I was just looking at information about interest rates on credit accounts. Things have become insane enough now that a late payment to an account can result in...
I am wondering how much work is done in order to avoid dealing with issues of the psyche. We are all familiar with the concept of the workaholic who is too ...
Nothing means anything. At first glance that seems to be a cynical statement. You could look at it as taking the meaning out of everything. But the beauty of...
There are two paths. One is to stay on our purpose line. The other is to let go and discover. Staying on purpose does one of two things. It helps us to...
Have no part of that which does not please you. Pretty tricky advice, really, a lot of room for error, but critically important to understand at the deepest...
