Every Little Thing   if every little thing that you did made a difference would you do things a little different?   if every thing that you said built the world would you be the sacred keeper of your word?   would you believe me if I told you you’re the reason  we are here?Continue reading

So in the Buddhist teachings they say that the root of the problem… is actually the self-absorption. This fear of being present. You go from being open, receptive to your mind and to your world and to other people, to your emotions, to the whole thing, which is a sort of a broad feeling andContinue reading

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 theContinue 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 GodContinue 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