“I Have Time”
Hurrying speeds us away from the present moment, expressing a wish to be in the future because we think we’re going to be late. To…
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“Accept It Like Your Skin!”
Gurdjieff delivered this powerful message to an old soldier, a man who had lived with guilt and remorse all his adult life. In the first…
Will We Ever Get It Straight?
I doubt it! So maybe it’s time to celebrate crooked things. How often have we strayed from our intention out of curiosity or stupor or…
Surprised by Love, Part Two, Listening to the Heart
Given that we always have a lot to do, it’s not surprising that we don’t have time for many things we might like. However, if…
Surprised by Love
The things I love are important, no matter how inconsequential they may appear to the rational mind. Whether it be a flower, a silken skirt…
Almost Human?
Is it my job to spend the days of my life working to somehow become divine, or should I spend my precious energy in an…
The Great wave, Part One
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf.” Jon Kabat-Zinn A few years ago I traveled to Costa Rica with my…
Accentuating the Positive
Each of us is born with a furnace of creative energy inside that gradually dissipates over a lifetime. Artists tap into it, but many of…
Why do I Move Before I Am?
Dedicated to the work of qigong master Robert Peng That’s what I asked myself this morning as I stood looking at the rice spilled all…
Staying in Front of the Lack
“Sometimes I go about pitying myself while all the time I am being carried on great wings across the sky.” Ojibwa song Do…