The Great Conversation: Bees, Trees, Sky Rivers, and the Art of Listening
“Bees are exemplars of communication with all beings of Creation as well as with their own kind.”
— Jacqueline Freeman, Song of Increase, p. 88
Would You Bow? On Rumi, Ramana, Sunrise, and Recognizing the Friend
“If the friend rose inside you, would you bow?”
~ Rumi
The Hum that Heals: Why Singing Calms Us Down
"We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart."
— Brother David Steindl-Rast
Can One Question Change Everything?
"Smiles elicit smiles and kindness elicits kindness."
— Robert Spitzer, Finding True Happiness
"Oops, Oh Well" — Statues, Striving, and the Peace In Between
The proof that we belong here is wonderfully simple: we're here. Every bird, every tree, every lizard, every horse, every human being. Existence itself has already welcomed us. Peace begins when we stop arguing with that fact.
~Sage
Seeing with the Eyes of Love
"Love is perfect kindness born in and from the eyes."
— Joseph Campbell
The First Silence in the World
When useless things don't stick in the mind, that is your best season.
~John Tarrant
How Available Are You? The Science of Being
"The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness."
— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Benevolent Conspiracy: Part Two
"The feeling of being alive is the feeling of being part of something magnificent."
Shanti Ma
Conspiracy: The Truth of the Word
"Don't let the voices within you grow faint and inaudible."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Song of the World: Permission to Express
"The mineral kingdom has a mission and purpose of its own. The minerals strive to create balance and harmony across the Earth."
~ Jaqueline Freeman. Song of Increase
The Story of the Oud: Exile, Devotion, and the Song That Became the Guitar
“Sometimes exile is the sacred road by which destiny finally finds its voice.”
~Shanti Ma
Stop Resisting: Miracle of Love
“Love everyone. Serve everyone. Remember God.”
~Neem Karoli Baba
Among the Ruins— The Beloved, by Kahlil Gibran
“Only love will last through eternity, for they are alike.”
`Kahlil Gibran
Lost Boys and Girls: Dreaming the Soul Back Home
“What if nothing in us is ever truly lost… only waiting in a more beautiful place… until we become resonant enough to meet it there?”
~Sage
The Synchron-O-City Beast: The Art of Pausing, Asking & Listening
“Shhhhh. If you’re quiet for a moment, you’ll hear him snuffling, and padding around the room. It’s the Synchron-O-City Beast.”
~Robert Moss
Psyche and The Impossible Task: The Light Inside the Dark
“Attention feeds the new life”
~John Tarrant
Perfect Action & the End of Overthinking: Grace Moves When We Get Out of the Way
“When the mind empties and the breath softens,
grace remembers how to move through us.”
~Shanti Ma