The dance is much larger than we think. Dancing with someone, interacting, dealing with whatever’s going on, there’s the local dance with whoever’s in front of you. And then there are all the others taking part in this huge dance,...
Why doesn’t the soul fly when it hears the call? A fish on the beach always moves toward wave-sound A falcon hears the drum and brings the quarry home. Why doesn’t every dervish dance in the sun? You’ve escaped the...
When I was a kid, “Wanna bet?” was a common phrase in the neighborhood. And if I asked you, “Wanna bet whether when you go out for a walk tonight you’ll see someone in a yellow jacket wearing a sharp-looking...
Everything that was broken has forgotten its brokenness. I live now in a sky-house, through every window the sun. Also your presence. Our touching, our stories. Earthy and holy both. How can this be, but it is. Every day has...
The urge to escape seems almost automatic, even with small things. A moment’s discomfort, and attention wants distraction, wants to get away and make things other than how they are. Yet if we’re willing to stop for only a moment...
When he was 43 years old, the great spiritual teacher Thomas Merton had a profound mystical experience. What follows is an excerpt from his description of that experience, which took place on an ordinary day, while running errands in downtown...
There is meaning, intrinsic meaning, in every moment.
