Three Manifestations, One Heart
I’ve always thought that Christianity is monotheist: one God above all. It seems that this Christian God is not only above all, watching every...
Tag: Buddhism
Reaching in, Reaching out
This morning, while reading this simple sentence: “One civilization arises, flourishes, and falls, and another takes its place.” (Caring, Page 191), I realized that...
The Pied Piper
Instead of trying to catch each rat separately, he draws them all out of town, in a long line of departing creatures who have...
The Weaver is Being Woven.
In my own life, I have experienced recurrent changes in how my eyes viewed my world: in 1968, after a fire expelled me from...
Looking Both Ways
We can’t help but compare ourselves with others—their accomplishments, their looks, their virtues. Perhaps we just need to be true to our inner self....
Opportunities and Obligations.
It occurred to me this week that the distinction between “opportunity” and “obligation” is largely one of perspective. I awake each morning, and sometimes...
Nagas and Dolphins.
“VEN’s play a role, it appears, in our ability to trust, to joke around, even to love one another. Whatever their purpose, early estimates...