Thirty years later, you’d think I’d be really good at it (meditation). Well, in some sense, I am really good at it; but what I’ve learned is, that doesn’t mean that I’m not thinking all the time. That’s a strange thing. I seem to have an extremely busy mind. There’s a lot of activity… AllContinue reading

We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world’s troubles on our shoulders… [W]e think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness… We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the beliefContinue reading

When fear arrives, when insecurity arises, when we feel groundless, what happens? Does is set off this chain reaction of aggression, which actually just intensifies our fear and our paranoia and our insecurity; or, these teachings that Trungpa Rinpoche gave – and the basic instruction was: face toward it. He also talked about it as,Continue reading

People who think they’re in the ordinary world of causality think that what they are, is the product of their past. No. The reality is that it’s the potentiality of what you’ve chosen to become that is pulling you into the present. So anybody listening to a program like this–it’s not because of what you’veContinue reading

Our group was in Nepal, building another school. And we always stay with families there. Never a hotel. And this family, the conditions were so poor. Their floor was cow dung. They had one piece of furniture – a bench in the kitchen so they could keep some things off the floor. The beds wereContinue reading

Peel away all the layers of an onion, and at the center you will find emptiness; peel away all the layers of a human being, and at the center you will find the seed of God. I believe that God has to be known by looking in the mirror. Deepak Chopra, How to Know God SomeContinue reading

Am I better off making up an alternate reality in my mind and then fighting with reality to make it be my way, or am I better off letting go of what I want and serving the same forces of reality that managed to create the entire perfection of the universe around me? Michael Singer, Continue reading

The ego’s survival relies on the defeat of truth… [S]piritual truth challenges the ego’s presumption that it is sovereign. David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.d,  Discovery of the Presence of God The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe; to match your nature with Nature.  Joseph Campbell It’s almostContinue reading

There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind – you are the one who hears it. Michael A. Singer,  The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself I’m sitting in the backyard, listening to the wind chimes and the rumble of the occasional airplane, trafficContinue reading