Song Of The Birds
David G. Haskell
For millennia, the language of birds has called us to cross divides. In the Qur’an, Solomon received a bounty and blessing when he was given the language of birds. Job exhorts us to hear the wis...
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing
Alice Walker
I am the youngest of eight siblings. Five of us have died. I share losses, health concerns, and other challenges common to the human condition, especially in these times of war, poverty, environmental...
Universal Humans In Training
Gary Zukav
We are in the midst of an unprecedented transformation in human consciousness. Unprecedented. Our perception is expanding beyond the limitations of the five senses. Together, they form a single system...
Abandon Only What Is Not Yours
Shaila Catherine
The wise understand the importance of letting go -- even letting go of the things we strive for and attain. Meditative training is more about letting go than it is about attaining levels of absorption...
Does God Have A Form?
Arthur Osborne
"Has God a form?" a man once challenged Ramana Maharshi, the great Indian sage. "Who says God has a form?" Ramana retorted. The questioner persisted, "If God is formless is...
Grateful For Nothing
Gregg Krech
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance your life is relatively safe -- so safe that safety isn’t on your mind. So when nothing happens, you don’t feel particularly grate...
Pilgrim In The Open Shore
Pancho Ramos Stierle
Today the clouds and ocean are indistinguishable the horizon vanished with the incessant rhythm this breathing feels synchronized with the larger lungs of Mother Earth and even with the galactic ...
The Matrix
The Wachowskis
"Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's somet...
Opening Thy Palm
Rabindranath Tagore
I had gone a-begging from door to door in the village path when thy golden chariot appeared in the distance like a gorgeous dream and I wondered who was this King of all kings! My hopes rose high a...
Greatest Of All Religions
Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan said, "A study of life is the greatest of all religions, and there is no greater or more interesting study." There are two ways in which we may attain control over our ...
Not Loneliness, But Aloneness
Craig Childs
Alone is a state of being. Not loneliness, but aloneness. It is something sought rather than avoided. You can find it in just a moment, a breath: in Central Park, or early morning on the street, sitti...
Remember
Joy Harjo
Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she...