What’s stopping us from living the life we want? Money, talent, schooling, drive, desire, discipline. Are we afraid of failing? Are we afraid of success? Why do we get in our way when it comes t...Read More
On the long journey back to the Self, there comes a mid-way sag. We’ve been consistently working for a long time, and we’re tired. Maybe our feet hurt or our neck is sore, it’s col...Read More
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will control your life and you will call it fate.” – Jung Carl Jung asked, what myth are you living? I don’t think most of us go a...Read More
“Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness.” – hplyrikz.com I’ve been thinking about my third grade teacher Mrs. Clayton. My family had just moved from Mi...Read More
We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own v...Read More
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” Zen proverb I‘ve been talking about these non-steps that move us, in a mysteriously non-l...Read More
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing to the future.” – Thich Nhat Hahn If we can call t...Read More