Intuitive listening requires us to still our minds until the beauty of things older than our minds can find us.

Intuitive listening requires us to still our minds until the beauty of things older than our minds can find us.

Mark Nepo

Bush and his commanders in the war on terrorism are willing to waste non-terrorists to kill terrorists. Right or wrong, that is not caring about the dignity of every life.

Bush and his commanders in the war on terrorism are willing to waste non-terrorists to kill terrorists. Right or wrong, that is not caring about the dignity of every life.

Rush Limbaugh is not the arbiter of what's good taste or what American opinions or morals should be.

Rush Limbaugh is not the arbiter of what's good taste or what American opinions or morals should be.

Obama has not accomplished a key mission: sell his own successes and keep his own (political) troops fired up and ready to go.

Obama has not accomplished a key mission: sell his own successes and keep his own (political) troops fired up and ready to go.

This is how proofiness works. The assertion is more important than the evidence itself.

This is how proofiness works. The assertion is more important than the evidence itself.

Bush and Cheney were not misled by flawed intelligence; they used the flawed intelligence to mislead.

Bush and Cheney were not misled by flawed intelligence; they used the flawed intelligence to mislead.

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

Every human has an unfathomable gift that only meeting life head on will reveal.

Every human has an unfathomable gift that only meeting life head on will reveal.

When we deny what comes through us, it defines us. When we honestly face what comes through us, then who we are grows.

When we deny what comes through us, it defines us. When we honestly face what comes through us, then who we are grows.

Wakefulness is not a destination but a song the human heart keeps singing, the way birds keep singing at the first sign of light.

Wakefulness is not a destination but a song the human heart keeps singing, the way birds keep singing at the first sign of light.

We can never be prepared for everything. No one person can anticipate all of life. In fact, overpreparation is yet another way to wall ourselves in from life.

We can never be prepared for everything. No one person can anticipate all of life. In fact, overpreparation is yet another way to wall ourselves in from life.

Grief can be a slow ache that never seems to stop rising, yet as we grieve, those we love mysteriously become more and more a part of who we are.

Grief can be a slow ache that never seems to stop rising, yet as we grieve, those we love mysteriously become more and more a part of who we are.

The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

The greedy one gathered all the cherries, while the simple one tasted all the cherries in one.

The greedy one gathered all the cherries, while the simple one tasted all the cherries in one.

Pursue the obstacle It will set you free

Pursue the obstacle It will set you free

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

Rather than finding heaven on earth, we are asked to release heaven by living on earth.

Rather than finding heaven on earth, we are asked to release heaven by living on earth.

Repetition is not failure. Ask the waves, ask the leaves, ask the wind.

Repetition is not failure. Ask the waves, ask the leaves, ask the wind.

Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature.

Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature.