We cannot decide to feel love or compassion. Nor can we decide to forgive. Authentic love, compassion, and forgiveness are not an act, they are an experience. You cannot consciously will the virtues of love, compassion, and forgiveness. They arise…
In the United States, we live a society seduced by materialism in the pursuit of pleasure and comfort. Some of us also buy status items in order to enhance our self worth. We live in a world where preoccupation with…
Growth, fulfillment, and happiness require a daily spiritual practice, along with taking care of ourselves and loving others. Unfortunately, while our culture encourages daily exercise for the body, it does not always encourage daily exercise for the spirit. With some…
The purpose of life is to both savor and nurture life. We nurture life through loving, since our loving acts enhance the wellbeing of others either directly, such as when we prepare a meal for our family, or indirectly, as…
The Universe is organized chaos, thriving on ordered randomness. Randomness allows for the diversification and survival of life, but it also can be a destroyer of life, as when we find ourselves in the path of a stray bullet, or…
"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world… as in being able to remake ourselves." - Mahatma Gandhi “Recovery is a verb. It is work. It is a process of uncovering the…
Who are we? We are the pure, empty field of awareness in which our thoughts, feelings, and perceptions arise. Most of us are caught in the illusion that we are our thoughts and feelings, and that these thoughts and feelings…