Why Do We Do Good?
My dad was sometimes very cynical. He claimed that people only do good, because it makes them feel good. Any act of generosity according to him always has a self-centered motive. I remember when I […]
November 2010
Like a Tree in Full Spring Blossom
There is an idea that I love. It suggests that people emerge out of planet Earth in the same way that leaves emerge from trees.I like to view the great spiritual teachers in this way. […]
Transparency
A writer recently wanted to interview me for a book of truthful stories about the challenges of the spiritual path. He said that he was tired of all the teachings that suggested the journey was […]
If not now, when?
[NB: First published in June 2009] Dear Friends, This column is the first public announcement about a hugely ambitious project. It is appearing first in Cygnus because you, dear readers, are at the heart of […]
Talking Our Walk
Do you know the worst accusation made against us? (By ‘us’ I mean those of us who are part of this new holistic, open-minded, open-hearted spirituality.) It is that we don’t have any morals. This […]
Conscious Medicine
How can we understand the language of the body? Conventional medicine would simply point towards genes, exposure to viruses and toxins, and other physical factors to explain illness. Conscious medicine is more poetic and dream-like. […]
The Barn Dance
I was in the corner of the barn. It was one of the strangest and most interesting gatherings I had ever seen, but there was no way for me to know just how interesting it […]
Messages of Life
A young inmate imprisoned for murder at the local Geneva jail was so moved by the book Messages of Life, about Roger McGowen’s amazing experience that he organized a collection among prison inmates for a […]
Absorbing the Rays
As we move deeper into the winter months some of you may begin to miss the sunlight and even go into that form of melancholy and low energy, known as SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder. […]
The Best That It Can Be…
The best that it can be……On the face of it, this is a good statement: the positive approach to our life and the way we live it. Why should it, our life, not be the […]