As I write this, we are just days away from a huge milestone, the 250th birthday of the United States. The United States was founded on the principle of freedom. Since the beginning of recorded time most human beings have lived under the yoke of another’s will — sometimes benign, more often tyrannical and oppressive. That a country should elevate […]

In this topsy-turvy world, we all could use some encouragement. Not encouragement about the state of the world, but encouragement of a very personal nature. It’s the encouragement we need to help us proceed on our inner journey — our One Journey — in spite of all the obstacles from outside of us and from within. It’s the encouragement we […]

Human beings of all times have undergone the same triumphs and tragedies, epic experiences and ordinary ones that we see every day in our own lives. And throughout the ages individuals of remarkable insight have recorded their hard-won wisdom so that it could be passed down to future generations. Which means we are not alone in difficult times, caught in […]

We do so much to stave off the dreaded state of boredom. And yet, as we know, every distraction we turn to eventually loses its glow and off we go seeking once more. We think maybe one more trip will do it. Or watching one more movie, eating one more pizza, playing one more video game. Trying to keep ourselves […]

No matter how it may feel, no moment is the same as any other. Things are always changing around us. Some changes we like, some we don’t notice, and some we don’t like at all. Of course we’re open to the changes we like. Who isn’t open to a pleasant surprise! But when we don’t notice what’s happening around us, […]

Here we are once again in the middle of the holiday season, getting ready to welcome the New Year. Many of us, especially as we get older, wonder at how quickly the year has passed. It seems just yesterday we were putting up last year’s holiday decorations, and now we’re about to take down the ones from this year. Every […]

Everything in the universe goes through cycles, including human life on earth. And right now we human beings seem to be going through a cycle of pain, confusion, and lashing out at one another. On the large scale wars have broken out across the globe. On the smaller scale, everywhere we see people complaining, criticizing, and showing a lack of […]

Have you ever looked back on your life and felt a surge of regret over past mistakes and lost opportunities? It’s quite common for people to rue the past and then feel discouraged over their future possibilities. A disturbing inner voice tells us all is lost. It says we’ve made a bad beginning and now we’ve shut ourselves off from […]

Discovering the truth of oneself is a basic requirement for a more fulfilled and meaningful life. But the process of self-discovery is an adventure with twists and turns and many surprises along the way. Just look at some descriptions of the experience from ancient times to modern: If thou but settest foot on this path, thou shalt see it everywhere. […]

Why is there so much misunderstanding among people? So much confusion and miscommunication? Two people may walk away from the same situation with completely different ideas about what just happened. And each one is absolutely certain that his or her view is the correct one, and the other one has it all wrong. They may even fight over it. In […]