Relating Well and Happiness
Relating well - to ourself, others, the environment, to life itself - is what life's all about. This healthy, harmonious relationship is...
Fundamental Nature?
All wisdom traditions suggest that humans have two fundamental natures: • the one with which we're all familiar; and • the other most of...
Aging with Wisdom & Joy
“… when I was still in my twenties. I had come to a small Buddhist temple on a busy San Francisco street to hear a lecture by Shunryu...
"Go for the Gusto!"
'Going for the gusto' is about going out & doing the things you've always wanted to do with vim & vigor, for maximum pleasure & vigorous...
No Problem
The Christian mystic, Julian of Norwich (1342 – 1416) famously said: All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things...
Shifting
“Most of us have spent much of our lives working on the project of improving and developing our separate sense of self in order to...
Masks & other Useless Distractions
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because...
Why Not?
" 'At L'Arche, I finally figured out what it is that they have, and it's pretty close to the top of the line. They have open hearts,' Hob...
Uncluttering
“Seung Sahn’s teaching style consisted of raising one impenetrable question after another. The purpose was to surprise our rational,...
How We Dance
Life is a dance on the razor's edge, between love and fear. Can we dance awake, with an open heart-mind? "The sharp edge of a razor is...
