Monthly Archives: June 2014

Living a Short Distance From Our Body

Click here to receive or newsletter or Check out our Website When I was young, my fondness for reading the great literature of our culture was not something I enthusiastically embrace. I found it tedious and unmanly, certainly not the most macho … Continue reading

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The Power of Words

Click here to receive or newsletter or Check out our Website Dr. Masaru Emoto has experimented on water for more than a decade. He seems to have proven that water can sense, perhaps even comprehend, “see,” and “listen.” It seems, at least … Continue reading

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Compassion, the Holy Action

I used to live in an apartment that was built in 1921. It was a cool place with a small landing and stairs going down four flights into the alley. With restaurants on either side of the apartment some of … Continue reading

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The Entrusting Heart

I hate to be a downer but the facts are there is no one who has been born that can avoid sickness, aging, weakness, separation from and death of your loved ones, loss of wealth, and the hate and harm … Continue reading

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Intention: Skilled & Unskilled

“Intention, I tell you, is kamma. Intending, one does kamma by way of body, speech, & intellect.” Anguttara Nikaya 6.63 “‘I am the owner of my actions (kamma), heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, … Continue reading

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