Since the time of childhood we are told many stories. Lovely tales of God and spirits who come to help in the time of need. We are told that when the student is ready the teacher appears. We are told that when help is needed it miraculously arrives. We are all colored by our experiences. […]
I cannot empty my head. I feel the need to think all the time about what I am going to do next. How do I stop that? It is not so much that you feel a need to think. You are invested with a mind whose very nature it is to think. You are not […]
Each morning we awake, we recreate our personality. We collect the baggage that we have come to know as ourselves and we assemble it for the day. We resume the role today that we played yesterday. The same role that we have played for decades. We see ourselves as a certain type of person. A […]
When we read a particular phrase that captures us, there is something within us that responds. When we see a particular scene in a film, there is something within us that stirs. When we hear a particular melody, there is something within us that sings. As we walk through life we search for that something. […]
Attempts to make an order of life only make it more disorderly. Life is like the mind. It is wild at its very roots. It was never meant to be tamed. Living is to understand the nature of life. In understanding it, we become a part of it. Events happen. And we suffer because we […]
If there is a problem with the world it is its addiction to instructions. Lists of how-to’s, roadmaps, directives, blueprints, and directions. Society is convinced that such things truly exist. And there is no shortage of individuals who are eager to take advantage. Scientists study myelination as an explanation for skill acquisition. Media outlets sensationalize […]
Joy is fleeting. Peace is transformational. Joy is an enticing emotional state. But it is difficult to maintain. Joy is like the occasional clap of thunder. Peace is the sound of moving clouds. The man who is crazed with joy by a favorable result will be the very same one who drowns in despair with […]
The teachings that you embody will be heard. Those that are taught will be forgotten.
How much is it costing you to maintain the image you have created for yourself?
Parents have too much power when their children are young. And not enough when their children are grown. Of all the people in society, it is the parent that must have wisdom. And it is the parent that seldom does. Because he is still finding his own way, his children become subject to the whims […]