by Leo Babauta “I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.” ~Henry David Thoreau You don’t need to be a monk to find solitude, nor do you need to be a […]
by Julie Hoyle Early one Sunday morning in the early 1980′s, I was running up a steep hill on the Bahamian island of New Providence, in an area downtown, near the elegant Governor General’s house. It was a beautiful day in mid-January and cool enough to be able to run at 10 am. Along with […]
by Kate Hutchinson If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. – Buddha We are only kidding ourselves When we say the wind carries secrets For we know as surely as the sparrows That sand was once stone And that leaves fall from trees Only to bare […]
I flipped my office calendar to September today. This is what it said: “When you know that you are an inseparable part of the field of all possibilities, you can easily fulfill your desires. You no longer worry about money–getting it, losing it, or not having enough–because you know the supply is inexhaustible. This understanding […]
I’ve read this countless times and still, a decade after its publication, I am undone by the depth of her questions. Might we all ask ourselves these same questions… What do I ache for? Do I dare to dream of meeting my heart’s longing? And so on… The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer It doesn’t […]
Just because you are afraid does not mean you are not ready to take the next step toward achieving your goals. Fear is simply a signal that what you are pursuing is outside of your current comfort zone. In this case, fear is an automatic response–pointing out that you are approaching the barrier of your […]
by Mindie Kniss Life is a spiritual path. You may have heard people describing how they began their spiritual path, or found a spiritual path, but in reality, they’ve been on that path all along. You cannot be on any other path except that of spirit, for, as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin noted, “We are […]
“Most people live in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness and of their soul’s resources in general. Much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into the habit of using and moving only his little finger.” […]
