“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.” Jesus Jesus implies that the eye that is clear, lets light in. Considering the eye as something that lets light in and not just something that observes light outside...
When the path is blocked, back up and see more of the way. We are each a mountain for the other to climb, and often our path to love is interrupted by a mishap or a problem or something unexpected that needs attending. We tend to call these unexpected things in life...
Live humble as a dog and the world will come alive in your mouth. The day I brought my golden retriever home as a pup, I had no idea that she would become my teacher. She was seven weeks old and slept in my shirt the whole way home. I could feel her small rhythmic...
“Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes that it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears.” Thich Nhat Hanh Much like the life of ordinary waves, we as human beings are gathered in our passion of a larger home, that sea of infinite...
I am becoming water: I let everything rinse its grief in me and reflect as much light as I can. Another paradox I continually struggle with is how to let others in without becoming them. How to open the door of compassion without the things and people we feel for...