Does what we are doing today reverberate through all human experience through the ages? Somewhat of an overwhelming thought. This idea...

Hate is not the opposite of love. It is fear that is the opposite of love with the antidote being the journey to finding courage. Hate...

Who has not felt the flush of identification of realizing that one is actually in the presence of something worthy without needing it...

Not everyone is given to wonderment of the mystery of life. I'm not even sure if these fascinations are an honest pastime. It doesn't...

Hafiz surmises that we would be beside ourselves and screaming for joy were it not for our orientation towards building and maintaining...

We are born terrified. It is our nature to struggle to arrive in all that we do. We do not peck, peck, peck our way out of an egg shell...

I have been studying the occult of late. This word caused me a great deal of anxiety when I first encountered it in relation to my life...

"...It is not easy to stop thinking ill of others..." writes Hafiz. Blaming and shaming are habits we cultivate often unconsciously. We...

Being silly is big medicine. All cultures have known this. Laughter and the unexpected jams the overactive mind who is mostly involved in...

I'm a cat person but I'm fascinated by the kind of unconditional love that canines bring into our lives. They are like constant reminders...

Living in abundance and luxury has proven to be too much of a good thing for many of us...especially those of us born into a predominance...

I was raised to not trust my body. I was taught to distrust aches, pains, hunger, desires and any kind of signals I may receive from my...

What is is about being human that requires us to have so many devises to keep our ideas of ourselves safe and comfortable? Hafiz...

What is this surrendering to our fates and our designs besides a pile of words suggesting a vulnerability? To some of us, vulnerability...

I often think about how everything I look at around me originated as an idea in someone's imagination. My home and everything in it, the...

There are many ways of receiving direction in our lives. We are filthy rich with ideas and information. Knowing which navigational advice...

There is no shame in having a standard, guarded reaction to everything around us. We even have good reason - a whole story - that we tell...

Life on earth. Here's the deal. We are visitors here. Just like we imagine aliens descending, invading or picnicking, we are mucking...

Some of my least favored posts, I've noticed, are the ones that talk about spirituality in terms of its shadow state. The bitter pill....

Each person in this world has a vital part to recognize and play in life. In this way we are mortal instruments cleaving into time and...