Two young Zen monks were traveling on a muddy road under a heavy rain when they saw a pretty girl in a silk kimono and sash looking at the road. She was clearly hesitant to cross the intersection and get her clothes dirty. One of the young men offered to carry her over the mud, lifting her in his arms…
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Master the Art of Listening For Emotional & Spiritual Freedom
How much time do you spend in solitude and silence? In this time and age, it’s easy to guess not much. We are attached to our cell phones, we constantly interact with people in person and on social media, and we get bombarded with all kinds of stimuli and news as we go about our daily routines. I live in…
Why Martial Souls Rule The World
If a bird came to a valley and asked a snail to describe his view of the land, the snail would probably talk about the textures in the soil, the moisture of the grass, the brown shades of his surroundings, and the effort required to move beyond anything familiar. Now, if the bird were to share her view, she would…
How Your Need To Be Right Hurts You
The words of French philosopher and Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin have become a New Age cliché: We are not humans having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Unfortunately, what gives us the opportunity to have a human experience is the ego-mind separating us from our divine essence. So what good is it to…
Do You Know What You Really Want?
Have you ever noticed that most people don’t know what they want? They jump from one thing to another, thinking the grass is greener elsewhere, or they stick to a certain career, relationship, set of habits, or belief system because these somehow landed on their lap and they’re too afraid to question what’s become familiar. They could end up in…
Why You Need To Heal & Let Go Of The Past
Have you noticed that no matter how different your life seems on the outside—with new people, responsibilities, and goals—you still tend to react the same way as in the past and often feel like when you were a child? Whether it’s the emotional triggers of your interactions or the (sometimes overwhelming) fear of trying something new, switching careers, launching a…
Make This Your Year of Spiritual Transcendence
Now that all the “end-of-the-world” fear mongering and marketing is behind us, we can step into 2013 with greater clarity and purpose. Granted, this is just the beginning of a new cycle in the calendar of our New Humanity, and it may not be possible to foresee how it will all unfold, but as the new year begins, we can…