On the spiritual journey, we need to unpack our challenges as divine gifts that have the ability to unlock our potential. But that...

There's a Buddhist tale about an old Zen farmer who lives very modestly. He is dependent on the help of his one son as well as the labor...

If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's. ~ Joseph Campbell Mythologist and scholar Joseph Campbell codified a...

This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky — that's called liberation. ~...

What you seek is seeking you. ~ Rumi As seekers, one of the most important skills we can develop on the spiritual path is called viveka...

It is your destiny to see as God sees, to know as God knows, to feel as God feels. ~ Meister Eckhart The figure Sheik Nasreddin is...

Learn the Way of Truth from the clarity of water, learn freedom from the spreading grass. ~ Hafiz We are entering the time of year that...

Between the conscious and the unconscious, the mind has put up a swing. ~ Rumi For the past four weeks, I led a course on the shadow, a...

Your boundaries are your quest. You must have shadow and light source both. Listen, and lay your head under the tree of awe. ~ Rumi The...

The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth. ~ Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching No mud, no lotus.~ Buddhist proverb Entering a...

Now that I have raised the glass of pure wine to my lips, the nightingale starts to sing! ~ Hafiz As those of us in the Western...

Now is the time for the world to know that every thought and action is sacred. ~ Hafiz The mystical traditions of nonduality — including...

In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality....

I pray God to rid me of God. ~ Meister Eckhart If I say that ‘God is good,' this is not true. I am good, but God is not good!. ~ ...

Every object, every being, is a jar full of delight. ~ Rumi I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you and that your...

The only woman awake is the woman who has heard the flute! ~ Kabir The word "buddha" simply means "awake." This is much different than...

Die while you're alive and be absolutely dead. Then do whatever you want: it's all good. ~ Bunan All spiritual traditions allude to the...

Unfold your own myth, without complicated explanation. ~ Rumi Part of our soul's journey involves finding and using our power to move...

May I meditate upon the mystic seed sound Ma, entrusted to me by my Cosmic Mother. ~ Ramprasad From April 2 through April 11, Hindus...

The important thing is not to think much but to love much. ~ St. Theresa of Avila In her writings entitled The Interior Castle, the...