What Eugene Taught Me
Linda Lantieri
When I first met Eugene, he had been a peer mediator for several years in his South Bronx high school. Once, when he was asked by his teacher to think about a goal he had for himself in the futu...
The Lovely State of Observation
Vimala Thakar
There are two parts of life. Motion and motionlessness. Movement is one part of life but to be in a state of no movement is also a substantial part of our life. Speech is on...
The Interplay of Awareness, Presence and Compassion
Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche
Many Masters have said: "Urge on the horse of awareness with the whip of presence!" And, in fact, if awareness is not quickened by presence it cannot function. Let's examine an exampl...
If Sameness Is A Demand We Make
Rev. Carol Carnes
When I lived in Hawaii, if the temperature dropped to 65 degrees Fahrenheit, we felt we had been hit with serious winter. In California, 41 degrees was enough to cause complaints. Here in Canada...
Where Skillfullness and Clarity Meet
J. Krishnamurti
We have become very skillful in dealing with our daily life; skillful, in the sense of being clever in applying a great deal of knowledge which we have acquired through education and experience. We ac...
Being Judicious, not Judgmental
Thanissaro Bhikku
One of the most difficult but necessary skills we need to develop as meditators is learning how to be judicious without being judgmental. An as a preliminary step to developing that skill, it's good t...
Beyond Endings
John O'Donohue
Endings seem to lie in wait. Absorbed in our experience we forget that an ending might be approaching. Consequently, when the ending signals its arrival, we can feel ambushed. Perhaps there is an inst...
Applying Realization to Relationships
Adyashanti
Many spiritual seekers have had glimpses of the absolute unity of all existence, but few are capable of or willing to live up to the many challenging implications inherent in that revelation. The reve...
Forgiveness & Your Life's Unfinished Business
Stephen Levine
As awareness becomes yet subtler, able to discern even the muffled whispers of the mind, we are confronted with what a dying musician friend called “the Unfinished Symphony” – ...
Pale Blue Dot
Carl Sagan
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The ag...
When You Don't Choose Love You Choose Fear
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross & David Kessler
If we could literally reach into you and remove all your fears – every one of them – how different would your life be? Think about it. If nothing stopped you from following your dreams, yo...
Noticing the Gaps
Eckhart Tolle
In the first moment of seeing something or hearing a sound -- and more so if it is unfamiliar -- before the mind names or interprets what you see or hear there is usually a gap of alert attention in w...