I suspect that most of the world’s problems could be solved – or even prevented – if each of us started from a place of ‘I don’t know’ and moved forward from there. Consider how often you’ve argued with someone over a topic about…
So, you say that you are despondent over the election of Donald Trump? Or, you are depressed over the many who supported Hillary Clinton (or who now oppose Trump and your vote for him)? In short, you are unhappy with the state of things…
If you’re suffering. If you’re unhappy about the presidential election. If you’re unhappy with your mate or your kids or your job – there’s really only one thing you need to do: look within. After all, who or what is unhappy? This is the…
When I was a kid my older sister was tasked with teaching me and my brother how to pray to god before bed. So each night she’d come in and help us recite the prayer, and at the end of the prayer we were allowed…
I recently went through another one of those stretches where, while my mind was busy agitating over some drama about which I was certain I was ‘right’ and could be of use to another, a far more valuable lesson was lurking in the background (if…
Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzo, Ramana Maharshi, Rumi, and scores of other mystics simply and consistently stated that our lone goal in this world is to (re)discover our true nature, the central conceit being that a false ego has arisen to cloud this reality. Sprinkled across human…