Jesus’s birth is a mystery. One day’s worth of oil burning for eight days is a mystery. Fundamentally, the entire universe and all of...

We never see anything completely…. We never see a tree. We see the tree through the image that we have of it, the concept of that tree;...

Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you. —Rumi I was once denied a big promotion at...

The past is never where you think you left it. —Katherine Anne Porter Once a moment has passed, it is passed; it no longer exists. What...

How can you think and hit at the same time? —Yogi Berra Short answer: You can’t. Well, of course you can—we do it all the time. Whatever...

Someone I know had a baby yesterday. At the time I did my meditation, she was still in labor and had been for around 24 hours at that...

You know how if you repeat an ordinary word out loud over and over, at some point it seems to lose its meaning and become just a...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination, but the combination is locked up in the safe. —Peter De Vries Some years ago...

This weekend Jews commemorate their exodus from slavery in Egypt, and most Christians commemorate the resurrection of Jesus after his...

I sit alone in a remote bamboo grove, Plucking the zither to the whistle of my long, deep breaths. In this place no one knows, The moon...

Someone who comes to my meditation sessions shared an experience they had recently. On a busy day, they had a doctor’s appointment. While...

Spring is renewal. But the renewal is never a reemergence of exactly what was in past seasons. It may resemble how things were before the...

Atop a hundred-foot pole, how do you step forward? —Zen koan I’ve gotten stuck many times in my life, and the times when I emerged most...

Patience is also a form of action. —Auguste Rodin Last week we explored the promise of meditation and yoga as a flower that, according to...

No seed ever sees the flower. —Zen teaching Most of us are convinced we know how things are, at least most of the time. That doesn’t mean...

If a pickpocket meets a Holy Person, they will see only their pockets. —Hari Dass How we see what we see is dictated for the most part by...

I like the silent church before the service begins better than any preaching. —Ralph Waldo Emerson Boy, did it take me a long time to...

… I don’t want to live with so much stress, anxiety, frustration, and disappointment. … I like how much easier and more rewarding my...

This week I’m trying something new. Every day I will post a story on Instagram and Facebook with one reason why I meditate, and I will...

“Of course the sunrise doesn't care if we watch it or not. It will keep on being beautiful even if no one bothers to look.” —Gene Amole I...