While the acts may be directed toward anonymous people or animals, the person’s act of kindness is anything but random — it is deliberate and directional — non-random in nature.... Read More

I am coffee free and I attribute that success to mindfulness. This last time of stopping coffee was quite different than before. ... Read More

Today we visited the site of the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert. The stadium is located in Soweto, the township created for blacks under the Apartheid government.... Read More

I was reminded of the inadequacy of words at my friend’s house last week. He has a son with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). There is no cure for DMD. ... Read More

Perhaps the Dalai Lama is right and we are evolving into a kinder species with time, or perhaps that basic kindness has always been there it just becomes overshadowed by the rarer cruelties.... Read More

Meditation is really a means of investigating the mind, something perhaps we can all benefit from in this very “outward” oriented culture. ... Read More

For many today, organized religions are not providing the experience described above; perhaps it is because there is too much attention directed toward the interpretation of ancient texts.... Read More

Carl Jung put himself into a transcendental state as he wrote his Red Book over many years. How he entered his meditative state is unclear, but he learned how to explore his mind with in its process.... Read More

Now when I wander down memory lane, I do so with less wanting, without an anguish to wish I had made a different choice, or with a guilt or sadness attached to the choices I made. ... Read More

We see only as far as our mind is willing to look. Fear keeps us on the safe ground of reason - sturdy, predictable, secure. But sometimes we are pushed to its edge by Nature herself.... Read More