2009 Gone
Another year gone as we cross a conceptual boundary. The New Year is not a natural point of change, like Spring or Winter. It is simply the point at which the calendar turns over a …
New Years Intentions
This is the time of year when many people write New Years Resolutions, goals for the year that often soon fade. This fading part illustrates a weakness in the resolution. We may get into blaming …
Discipline and Freedom
Tom Stine has written a new post, Discipline and Freedom, basically on how to get through the maze of techniques of awakening. I’ve said some similar things in a little different way. Worth a read. …
Everything Wakes
There is an interesting aspect of awakening that is not too often covered. Awakening is not about what you or I are doing, it’s what everything is doing. Everything wakes. Of course, it’s not possible …
Coming Home
Some describe the experience of the spiritual journey as a coming home. This is surprisingly literal. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi used to use the phrase “mother is at home” to describe the security one felt in …
Habits of Ignorance
The mind is a habit machine. That’s how we learn to ride a bike, drive a car, and read. But it’s also how we respond automatically and inappropriately to some circumstances. Like learning to spell …
Flow Gratitude
In this holiday season, I am reminded over and over again the importance of gratitude. In a recent post, Deep Forgiveness, I mentioned the value of gratitude in creating the space for forgiveness and the …
Seasons Greetings
A Letter to the Most Illustrious the Contessina Allagia degli Aldobrandeschi: “To you on this day: I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing that I …
Choose Silence
More on the theme of letting go. Choose silence, and love is apparent When we choose silence, we choose to give up the reasons not to love, which are the reasons for going to war, …
Complete Forgiveness
Today, a series of articles on several blogs were posted on Forgiveness. This is a response to some of the feedback I’ve received. In no particular order. NOTE – if you land here first, you …
Deep Forgiveness
Takuin and Albert (Urban Monk) decided to post on the subject of Forgiveness on the same day. They invited me and others to do the same. It’s an important subject and a good time of …