The silence of the sky remains when the plane is gone. The tranquility of the clouds will remain when the plane has fallen apart. It is the silence of the world that is real. Our noise, our business, our purposes, and all our fatuous statements about our purposes, our business, and our noise: these are…
I had to make a difficult decision: staying abroad without flights back to the US for an indefinite time. So many what-if questions -- fears -- ran through my mind. What if I can't get treated? What if someone in my family gets sick and I'm stuck here? As fear stirred the worst-case scenarios in…
In meditative practices, "The Watcher" refers to the part of the mind or spirit that isn't caught up in worry, that can scan the body, that can calmly, silently, even with a half-smile, observe the whole being. It could be called pure consciousness, spirit, the God within us. It's the place of seeing that I…
This week, a question has revolved around my mind: How do I get from where I am now to what I only vaguely imagine in the future? Sometimes, our human existence can seem so begrudgingly slow, especially when we're working faithfully on building something new, and especially when we're suffering. And I've reflected on a…
A quote came up in my planner today that resonated with Bear Heart. I found it originally in The Little Prince: It is only in the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince What does this sentiment mean to you? It occurs to…
Simple and Forgotten Things 