and You Reap What You Sow (revised and republished from my email newsletter) “Be the change you want to see in the world.” ~Mahatma Gandhi If you’re not getting the results you want — in your relationships or in your social change efforts — be intentional while planting seeds at the level of mind. Inspired […]
One of my teachers shares a parable of the Buddha’s, that goes a little something like this: There are four types of people in the world. Those who move from darkness to darkness. Those who move from darkness to brightness. Those who move from brightness to darkness. And those that move from brightness to brightness. […]
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle, or you can live as if everything is a miracle. ~Albert Einstein Every culture has its creation story. Ours is the big bang. And it’s an amazing story, full of poetry and wonder. Out of nothingness, the Universe dreamed itself […]
“…have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point […]
I define positive change agents as people who are committed to: making the world a better place than they found it (or improving the conditions in which others live) and making themselves better people. Both are necessary. Neither is sufficient by itself. (Personal development without care and compassion is only inwardly focused: a form of […]