People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one’s perception of reality. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Photo by Quino Al on Unsplash Continue reading

You taught Your songs to birds first, why was that? And You practiced Your love in the hearts of animals before You created man, I know the planets talk at night and tell secrets about You. A limb just moved before me, the Beauty of this world causes me to weep. ~ Mirabai, Hindu mystic and Bahkti saint Photo by Simon Wilkes on Unsplash Continue reading

Beyond belief and disbelief lies the vast expanse of ecstasy where the mystic lays his head on the cushion of Truth. ~ Rumi Photo by Simon Wilkes on Unsplash Continue reading

These are times of great testings and trials for each one of you. You need a rock-like unshakeable faith but at the same time great flexibility and understanding. Do not try to cling onto the old. March out into the New in absolute confidence and faith. Remember faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. You may have to do something or take some action for no apparent reason and the action you take may stir up a hornet's nest. Never hesitate to do it because … Continue reading

We tend to focus on, and speak about, the soul of an individual in terms of spiritual comfort and deep nourishment: qualities which are a central, and abiding dynamic of its presence - but the equally unsettling and disturbing quality about this strange, often wild and courageous faculty of belonging inside us, we have come to name ‘the soul’ is its ruthless, and almost tidal wish to find its own way. Its avid determination for a fuller union with the world. The soul is a planner’s nightmare, … Continue reading

Sometimes you don't get to be a Buddha. Sometimes you just have to break. And feel. You have to lose your precious 'spiritual awakening'. You just have to be a human being, feeling. Sometimes old pain resurfaces. Old fear. Sorrow. Trauma. The searing ache of the abandoned child. The rage of a forgotten universe. And suddenly, all of your spiritual insights crumble, all the beautiful spiritual words by the beautiful spiritual teachers, all the concepts and ideas about awakening and … Continue reading