Isness
When I dwelt in the ground, in the bottom, in the stream, and in the source of the Godhead, No one asked me where I was going or what I…Read more
Leavetaking
My delight in death exceeds the pleasure of a merchant who makes a vast fortune, or a victorious war god, or a sage in total trance. Like a traveller taking…Read more
Impermanence
The Mandala, Tibetan sand painting, is an ancient art form of Tibetan Buddhism. The mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning cosmogram or “world in harmony.” Mandalas are drawings in three-dimensional…Read more
Completing the great circle
May my feet rest firmly on the ground May my head touch the sky May I see clearly May I have the capacity to listen May I be free to…Read more
Amazing Grace
As swimmers dare to lie face in the sky and water bears them, as hawks rest upon air and air sustains them, so would I learn to attain freefall, and…Read more
Life lived
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you lived and…Read more
Reflection
As no one desires the slightest suffering nor ever has enough of happiness, there is no difference between myself and others, so let me make others joyfully happy. May those…Read more
Friend, lie quiet now
Friend, you lie quiet, watching the dawn light color your heart, dreaming of healing for your hurt body lying there unanswerable to your will. You breathe deep and your…Read more
Fisherman’s song of praise
Lord I sing your praise the whole day through, until the night. Dad's nets are filled; I have helped him. We have drawn them in, stamping the rhythm with…Read more
It’s not personal
The great statements of Jesus Christ were never spoken from the personal, but always from the impersonal. No truth ever sprung from the personal mind because it is only the…Read more