“Now, now my good man. This is no time for making enemies.” ~ Voltaire (on his deathbed, in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan) . “I will raise the banner of Love over all other flags … Love does not stop at any border.” ~ Shane Claiborne . “Many people want to […]
Fact #01: None of us has the slightest idea who the other people in our lives truly are — we only see the tiny bits of them that mirror the stories & the traits & the behaviors that are familiar to ourselves. Fact #02: There is VAST goodness hidden within EVERY human being we encounter […]
I lived purposefully on the streets for two years of my life, and during that time I met hundreds of homeless folks — all of them to a degree “dirty” or “crazy” or “lazy” or “addicted” or “lost”; just like me at the time … just like all of us today. And — just like […]
“When you recognize the absolute integrity of the Universe, and that death is as certain as birth, then you can relax and accept that it simply is the way it is.” ~ Alan Watts . “I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must […]
To grow as a person psychologically, we must give … To grow as a Human Being — to grow spiritually, we must Give selflessly. Yes, it is true that Jesus is believed to have implied that we will be rewarded for our acts of giving, and yet it can NOT be implied that he desired […]
“Buddha claimed no copyright on his teachings, and Shakespeare received no royalty checks. We have been enchanted by music, paintings, architecture and crafts of many cultures, from time immemorial. We have received a treasure house of traditions as a free gift. In response we offer our work, our creativity, our arts and crafts as gifts […]
“A gung fu man’s mind … can remain present because even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it. The flow of thought is like water filling a pond, which is always ready to flow off again. It can work its inexhaustible power because it is free, and be open […]
“I would rather be a flower which blooms in full glory and then dies, than be a shrub that lives for centuries yet never blossoms. I would rather be a spark that blazes brilliantly for but a moment, than be a glimmering bulb that pulses for years, yet is too dim to illuminate the Way […]
To the ego, going “out of your way” to Care for another looks unpleasantly inedible (if not downright disgusting), and yet this “entree” is not only super-nutritious for the Soul; it is actually quite tasty as well … Bon appetite!
“Forgiveness is not forgetting an injustice done; it is the understanding that allows us to set aside the emotional impact of that wrongdoing. When we no longer hold onto our sadness and our anger, and instead choose to feel compassion for the person who inspired them, we have finally truly forgiven them — we have […]
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