a nap & a shared journey
tempting journeys... science cannot solve the ulitmate mystery of nature….and it is because in the last analysis we ourselves are part of the mystery we are trying to solve….Max Planck why the need...
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lessons in gratitude We usually define gratitude as how we appreciate things. Yet, when my teacher Suzuki spoke of gratitude, he said, ‘Gratitude is this moment.’ Gratitude is not just appreciation; it...
View Articlethe hope of a free heart
The reward for love is closeness, a treasure that can’t be bought or stolen or achieved. It is a law of the living: care leads to intimacy. Often we discover our dearest friends when stopping to help...
View Articleauthentic kindness of earth angels
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner...
View Articleto live for beauty
The aesthetic experience also comes from the encounter with others. Here, more than anywhere else, it is clear that the impression is deep and penetrating. The beauty of a person, his or her body or...
View Articlefragmented mirrors
It is not to be learned by world-flight, running away from things, turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, one must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever he may...
View Articlewhere rainbows hide
Here we are, human beings, living with the consequences of having been born. We are born into a mind/body/heart process by a psychological/biological/emotional survival instinct that is out of harmony...
View Articlefinding our tribe
Another place where I find soul, one of the strongest places is in the presence of other people whom I meet at soul level. It happens whenever a dialogue takes place in which both people are truly...
View Articlethrough the lens of our finest hour
Everything is affected by and is part of everything else, changing constantly from one state to another. The rain becomes the river; the river surrenders to the sea and the cycle begins over again....
View Articlegiving our truth, the only truth we can know
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee....
View Articlesimple promises
It’s easy enough to see the Glory of The Trip when it’s a lovely dawn,A stunning sunset,A dog smiling,A tiny delicateBirdSingingThe dayAlive.What about the other stuff?99.9999% of the other stuffOf...
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