Since love lies at the foundation of life, all humans possess the capacity to love, but love itself is learned. We’re born able to breathe, not love. Love is developed as we learn to be less important and self-involved. This is not easy for us, since being self-important and self-involved is the frame of mind... Continue Reading →
Simple Truth 1
God is love. God is love. Truths don’t get any simpler or more packed with significance. As the defining characteristic of the Creator, love is the basis for everything that exists. Within all the turmoil and pain, dig down far enough and you’ll discover love. I believe “God is love” to be the three most... Continue Reading →
Simple Truths
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” -Albert Einstein The most important truths are the simplest ones. They are the ones that scientists refer to as “elegant.” Elegant truths find the common denominator behind a variety of different effects and express that commonality in a formula or phrase. Simple truths are... Continue Reading →
Love Is A Verb
Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he/she incurred the disorder. -Ambrose Bierce In his book, The Devil’s Dictionary, Mr. Bierce classifies love as a noun, since it identifies a type of mental disorder. People in love have an illness typified by transitory... Continue Reading →
Be Like Buddha
It is good to reflect about whatever forces us to come out of ourselves. - Simone Weil[i] We all have our motivations. Even irrational acts have reasons. We may not understand some of the things we do, but that’s because we don’t understand ourselves. The nature of self-awareness makes us complicated creatures. Perhaps, as some... Continue Reading →
What’s A Person To Do?
My first experience with God occurred when I was fourteen-years old. My mother, after finding racy pictures and lingerie pages from the Sears catalogue hidden under my bed, confronted me about them in the middle of family dinner. The trauma has largely erased all specific memories, but lasting guilt about masturbation was one of them. ... Continue Reading →
Being Born
He not busy being born is busy dying. - Bob Dylan[i] Have you ever wondered why birth is viewed as something over and done once we emerge from our mothers? We may struggle with everything that comes after, but that part of things is out of the way. The gauntlet has been endured. It’s as... Continue Reading →
Spiritual Practice
There is much about the world to which we are blind. It is estimated that humans can only see about 0.0035 percent of the electromagnetic spectrum, otherwise known as light. Spend a day at the beach and your skin may turn red, but your eyes won’t notice the ultra-violet rays that cause it. If dogs... Continue Reading →