You cannot make the external world 100% peaceful. If you try, you’ll fail. However, you can make your own inner world peaceful, making a big impact on the outer world. ~ Bhante Sujatha Let’s talk more. Subscribe here. More?…
#peaceinbelgium “Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the best that they…
The head monk once said, “If a person is always surrounded by music she may never imagine there is an alternative. But if, after many years, she comes to a place where there is no music she may be surprised,…
Don’t worry. If you followed yesterday’s post you are probably thinking I’ve already relapsed. This is a pre-launched post… using technology awesomeness to allow me to detox from technology. ( that’s the crux of this entire dilemma isn’t it? )…
With my attention span destroyed and my eyes blurry, with my body reacting to the slightest beep I feel a ravenous desperation to isolate from my screens and technology. When I do get free, like on a long flight, I…
Stand for something. More? what we stand for measuring humility
I had a discussion with a great master in Japan… and we were talking about the various people who are working to translate zen books into English, and he said, “That’s a waste of time. If you really understand Zen…
At the time of this writing I’m curled up in a tiny seat on a middle eastern airline headed to Qatar, the first leg of a extraordinary cool journey during a precarious time to be traveling to such places. It…
Before you embark upon a journey of revenge, dig two graves. More? stay with a broken heart weapons of mass peace what does peace require?
As I prepare to head across the world this next weekend amidst enormously increased tension and security everywhere, I listened to the President speak. All week I’ve been observing the ratcheting tension in Chicago and feeling the heat of the…