The opposite of trying to control the world is praying for it. When we try to manage the world and other people so that none of our sore spots are triggered we create suffering. Most of us have proved this to ourselves over decades of trying. The opposite of...
I am a “spiritual” teacher and I have a secret…. I don’t like spirituality. And I don’t think I’m alone. I have lost count of the number of times I have been part of a retreat or workshop or class or spiritual gathering filled with apparently earnest and bustling...
Where does violence come from? Violence is what happens when we take life too seriously; when we allow the external circumstances to determine how we feel about ourselves. Who would drop bombs or hurtful comments if they did not feel threatened and diminished by...
What if real spiritual growth is organic? What if it is not in a hurry but has its own seasonal rhythm? What if it is less like Tony Robbins and more like a tomato plant? So much of what we call “spirituality” is actually about trying to get you somewhere you’re not....
“You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!” Memorable lines from Jack Nicholson…and I think about them often. Can I handle the truth? What if the truth makes our lives far less important than we think? Not that we are unimportant but that...
Gambling with Truth Sometimes we believe the lie that if we only were enlightened then we would always know what to do next. That is not true. Ask the most enlightened person you know. Often the best we can do is gamble on what seems like the most true thing and...
