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Morning Rituals

Wandering the fields, rendezvousing in a cowshed, getting out the paper dolls

Seven Things I Learned Through Reincarnation

The Opponent Is Within

Aikido And The New Warrior

High whirling kicks, explosive punches powerful enough to smash boards, terrifying shouts: that’s the typical image of the martial arts, the one we see in the movies. Depending on our prejudices, it either thrills us or turns us off.

Sunbeams

When mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space, it pursues emptiness. But when the man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence.

Meher Baba

Changing Beliefs

Ronald Reagan, religion, cooking

The Heart Of Compassion

An Interview With Ram Dass

So there’s a part of me that’s perfectly allowing of suffering. And then there’s the human heart that hurts like hell. And it’s that balancing that’s such a beautiful art form. The deepest line I work with, personally and in my lectures, is, “Out of emptiness arises compassion.” That’s the one. Getting to the place where you do what you do. And you’re not milking it for righteousness, and you’re not trying to change the world.

Sunbeams

I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

Henri Matisse

A Christmas Message

Dharmapala

Selected Poems