“In exchange for the promise of security, many people put a barrier between themselves and the adventures in consciousness that could put a whole new light on their personal lives.” June Singer The pull into the truth of things is very strong. Often the only way to...
The instant a fish accepts that they will never have arms, they grow fins. I confess I was surprised to wake one day with this knowing about fish. It seems a koan or riddle to decipher. After living with it awhile, I’ve come to feel that it holds another key to...
“Discernment is a process of letting go of what we are not.” Father Thomas Keating I can easily over-identify with my emotions and roles, becoming what I feel: I am angry, I am divorced, I am depressed, I am a failure, I am nothing but my confusion and my sadness. No...
It is said a great Zen teacher asked an initiate to sit by a stream until he heard all the water had to teach. After days of bending his mind around the scene, a small monkey happened by, and, in one seeming bound of joy, splashed about in the stream. The initiate...
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. And so, it is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words with out a heart. ” Gandhi This great spiritual teacher reminds us that prayer of the deepest kind is...
