Tag: inspiration

each of us going on in our inexplicable ways building the universe

On a summer morning I sat down on a hillside to think about God - a worthy pastime....

Curiosity about ourselves and our inner lives is spirituality

There’s a common misunderstanding among all the human beings who have ever been born on the earth that the best way to live is to try to avoid pain and just try to get comfortable. You can see this even in insects and animals and birds. All of us are the same. A much more interesting, kind, adventurous, and joyful approach to life is to begin to develop our curiosity, not caring whether the object of our inquisitiveness is bitter or sweet.

Coffee with Jesus

h/t and permission to print from the brilliant website: Radio Free Babylon, who publishes the strip, Coffee with Jesus. It's become a favorite daily stop for me. The above message and commentary is something I often speak to on this blog.

Empathy

Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. Empathy, however, calls upon us to empty our mind and listen to others with our whole being... ‎...Empathy, I would say is... Continue Reading →

this fragile web: why every moment matters (Happy Winter Solstice and Holidays)

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On pain

clouds and light graphic

Kahlil Gibran Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not... Continue Reading →

be at home in the world

Meditation is not just a rest or retreat from the turmoil of the stream or the impurity of the world. It is a way of being the stream, so that one can be at home in both the white water and the eddies. Meditation may take one out of the world, but it also puts... Continue Reading →

Words for all in the “helping” professions (and for any human who wants to benefit others)

Helping, fixing and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. When you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole. Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego, and service the work of the soul.... ...Serving is different... Continue Reading →

Give thanks everyday (a thanksgiving day post)

Thanksgiving was always my favorite holiday. Actually the only holiday I cared about at all. Certainly not because of history. The whole first thanksgiving story is rife with trauma, abuse and murder. I liked thanksgiving just because of what giving thanks means.

Occupy Wall St – The Revolution Is Love

Love is the felt experience of connection to another being. An economist says ‘more for you is less for me.’ But the lover knows that more of you is more for me too. If you love somebody their happiness is your happiness. Their pain is your pain. Your sense of self expands to include other beings. This shift of consciousness is universal in everybody, 99% and 1%.

Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)

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