“We’re so self-important. Everybody’s going to save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails. And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. Save the planet?! We don’t even know how to take care of ourselves … The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been […]
“What if it doesn’t matter what you do but rather how you do whatever you do? How would this change what you do with your everyday life? What if you could be more fully present and open-hearted working as a cashier in the corner store; able to really see and be with the people there, […]
It is easy to care for those who are far away. And it is often difficult to Love those close to us. It often seems we would rather give a cup of rice to relieve hunger on a distant shore than give a cup of actual Caring to relieve the thirst for intimacy that exists […]
Don’t get me wrong, my Friends … It is more than reasonable to be afraid these days — very afraid. *You cherish health, and yet your medical system profits from your continued illness — prescribing medicines that give more negative side effects than they do relief. *You cherish freedom, and yet your government has erased […]
123 years ago today, a beautiful baby boy came into the world … Like most other babies, his early days were full of joy and wonder. And as he grew older, like most other children, his days were filled with hope — he wondered about his future; he wondered whether his dreams would become his […]
In times of violent strife, there is often the call to “Imagine Peace”, and this is indeed a fine thing to do — It is far better us to imagine a Peace-full society than to dwell negatively on the fact that we aren’t there yet. It is far better to visualize how we want to […]
When LOVE becomes a verb, it turns fear into just another odd word with no meaning …
The stars bear witness every night to the Truth that there is an immense (and immensely beautiful) vastness all around us … The ability to sacrifice for others bears witness to the fact that there is a similar (and similarly Beauty-full) vastness within … When we have the humility see all other sentient beings as […]
Times of tragedy are priceless … They remind us that life is so precious … They remind us that life is built on choices … And they remind us that life is not a spectator sport. Today, we can show all “terrorists” that we will not give in to their anger; that we will not […]
David Foster Wallace simply was, to put it mildly … a genius. “Here is just one example of the total wrongness of something I tend to be automatically sure: everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe; the realest, most vivid and important person […]
Mere happiness comes primarily from tactile pleasures that are ultimately fleeting or economic successes that inevitably ring hollow … True & lasting JOY, on the other hand, comes from willingly & happily doing what is least liked, for those least liked, at a time & in a manner where success seems least likely. Kindness can […]
;
