With all the peace talks, global conferences, and demonstrations for peace that have been taking place around the world for what seems like millennia, wouldn’t you think that by now… there might be a little peace on earth? But human history tells a sad story: promising fits and starts that…

There is a perennial theme that weaves its way throughout all wisdom teachings: we human beings have come to believe that the ability to hide a limitation is the same as having transcended it. Of course, this is a lot like thinking that if we close our eyes the stalking…

Explorers throughout time have opened up the wonders of this beautiful planet, and taken us to the stars. As individuals we may not have the opportunity to make such exciting discoveries, but we also love to travel and experience new places. However, we expect too much of these adventures. We…

We all wish to be filled with wisdom, with peace, with compassion. But what are we actually filled with most of the time? Our minds spill over with reruns from unwanted moments past, reliving of painful encounters with other people, fears of an uncertain future. Meaningless thoughts about meaningless events…

When it comes to growing into our best selves, we humans do a lot of thinking. We think about what’s wrong with ourselves. We talk to ourselves about who we would rather be. We imagine, and plan, and try to figure it all out with our minds. Now don’t get…

Throughout spiritual teachings we find the understanding that we human beings have the ability to “create” the world we live in — for good or bad — by the way we think about it. A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the Universe, a part…

I needed some inspiration for this month’s OneJourney Newsletter Article, so I decided to visit the Living Book on the OneJourney site. When I got there I looked at the five most recent submitted quotes, and I was immediately struck by how perfectly they represent the whole idea of the…

Over the last several months we’ve witnessed a chain of shocking events involving both war and personal tragedy. Why do people fight? Why do people hate their own lives? In large part, it comes down to a misperception about what it takes to be happy. People fight because they have…

Everyone wonders whether or not there is one great secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. It has been quietly, steadily telling itself right in front of us all along. We just couldn’t hear it over the clatter and chatter of our own secret…

Have you visited the OneJourney Living Book recently? It’s filled with inspiring messages, and you could spend many enjoyable hours immersed in their wisdom. Just out of curiosity, I decided to see which of the thousands of quotations on the site were among the most popular. I found that the…