A Pyramid Of Hate Or A Vortex Of Love: It Starts With Us
After sitting with clients this week, I am struck by how much what seems to be the rise in hate and cruelty in the world is affecting people—myself included. It elicits a deep sadness in me that the most natural gift of being human— to love and be loved—is thwarted by fear and ignorance. Last year had the highest tally of reported hate crime incidents since 2008, when 7,783 incidents were reported to the FBI.
A Story About A Teacher, Suffering And Love
“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.” Erich Fromm I want to share a story about a man who taught me about love in the face of the ocean of suffering of humanity. He is one man, among many men and women, children and...The Power of Humility
On his desk, Dr. Bob Smith, the founder of AA, had a plaque defining humility: “Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me....The Memory Of What Is Already There For You
“When you desire something very strongly from your heart, it isn’t really a desire, but the memory of what is already there for you.” Alex Presciado The expression of a deep desire from the heart is really a prayer. The key is intention, and you do not even have to...Breaking The Trance Of Evil
I recently reread some of Paul Levy’s penetrating teaching on how to break the trance of evil, In his book Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil, Levy shows us that within the very force that can destroy us lies the hope of what can save our world at this time. Levy describes wetiko as a non-local, transcendental force that cannot be adequately expressed in language, because it is not a thing. The abstract nature of the English language fails to account for such dynamic forces as wetiko that affect us all the time yet are not visible or measurable.
Vulnerability As Truth And Courage
Our ability to be vulnerable first with ourselves, and then with others is far from being synonymous with weakness or being broken or needy, as is so often believed, It is in truth our most reliable strength in a world where ideology and lies are used as weapons, between friends, family members, and even partners.
There Are Many Points Of View
Walking on the rugged New England coast yesterday, I picked up 2 rocks and began to taking photos of them, from different points of view. The words, “there are many points of view” kept appearing in my mind. I began to think of how each and every one of the 7.5 billion humans on earth as a different point of view, however slightly different they may be.
This Is A Time To Be Very Strong
This time is unlike any other time you have known in your current lifetimes. It is a pivotal turning point at which you cannot fail if you ask what would Love do?
Seeing Beyond The Mists Of Illusion
As human beings we are a complex web of interconnection, an eternal unified field of consciousness. The simplest way to explain that is that we exist in a space in which the observer, the process of observation, and the observed, are all one. We are not separate from all that we have created, and this realization can awaken us to the power we possess individually and as a collective to create a magnificent and desired future.
