Intrinsic Heart

We think we get over things. We don’t get over things. Or say, we get over the measles but not a broken heart. We need to make that distinction. The things that become part of our experience Never become less...

What does it mean to be original?  In the world of the seemingly mundane, filled with routine, what is original? We are taught to think of “original” in terms of comparison—not the same as everyone else, something different.  Yet the...

True poetry opens a gateway into another realm. What makes a true poem is not its form, but its power to transform the exterior and interior worlds, and in a single stroke change both the witness and the witnessed in...

Lovers share a sacred decree - to seek the Beloved. They roll head over heels, rushing toward the Beautiful One like a torrent of water. In truth, everyone is a shadow of the Beloved - Our seeking is His seeking,...

When we are unsure, unsteady, what can we stand upon?  In all the ups and downs of life, what is steady, where is that on which we can depend?  What has meaning when everything seems meaningless? The concept of positive...

A Spiritual Journey And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at...