We live in a world where opposites are very important to us. We see opposites as separate, and as the word implies, in opposition to one another. Based on that view, we usually desire one end of the pole (happiness, wealth or health) while running from its opposite (sadness, poverty or illness). But when we…
The Paradox of Our Age
We abruptly changed the subject of the blog this week after our friend Louise Oliver posted a quote from the Dalai Lama on Facebook that we wanted to share with you: The Paradox of Our Age We have bigger houses but smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense;…
When Social Media Isn’t So Social
Dear Friends, You may have noticed that we’ve been making some changes on our website. The videos on our home page were recently removed and replaced, and we have temporarily removed the signup form for our free video eCourse. If you’ve signed up for the eCourse, we have had to suspend it temporarily, and we…
What is “Our Daily Bread?”
In the “Lord’s prayer,” Jesus is said to have taught his followers to ask God to “give us this day our daily bread.” (Matthew 6:11) These days, many who repeat this prayer, have few, if any, concerns about the necessities of life. But for more and more, this prayer represents a very real daily need….
Orderly Lines
I walk along the streets of the city. Hundreds of neatly dressed human beings with pale and painted faces are hurrying in rather orderly lines to and from their places of employment…on both sides of us as we walk are displayed the things which we can buy if we are willing to stay in the…
The Owl and the Phoenix
When Jesus encouraged his followers to stop treasuring material things and instead “store up treasures in heaven,” some believe that he was teaching them to delay gratification; to live an ascetic life now in anticipation of the reward of later glory and comfort. As a result, many have needlessly deprived themselves and taken pride in…
Temptation
What tempts you? When we answer that question we virtually always name something that’s outside us. It’s no real surprise that we see it this way, since even the dictionary tells us that temptation comes from something or someone outside us that entices, coaxes or lures us. But fundamentally, temptation exists in two parts: 1….
The Fear of Life
Mark Twain, a brilliant observer, once said, “The fear of death follows the fear of life.” It’s common to see people cling to life at almost any cost. We assume that it’s because they love life and fear death, but as Twain pointed out, there is probably much more to the issue. We recently came…
Chuang Tzu: Lessons in Uselessness
If you’re reading this sentence, it’s probably because your curiosity got the best of you. After all, why would anyone want to intentionally teach uselessness? From the time we’re quite young society conditions us to be useful and promises the more useful we are the more rewards we’ll receive. Chuang Tzu, like other Taoist masters,…
Marking Time
Few of us would be surprised to learn that clocks and calendars were among the earliest human inventions. Nature itself has given us day and night, seasonal changes and the heavens as markers, but we’ve always been driven to find ways to mark time that are more precise. Currently, that would be the atomic clock…
Love or Fear?
We live in a world where opposites are very important to us. We see opposites as separate, and as the word implies, in opposition to one another. Based on that view, we usually desire one end of the pole (happiness, wealth or health) while running from its opposite (sadness, poverty or illness). But when we…
The Paradox of Our Age
We abruptly changed the subject of the blog this week after our friend Louise Oliver posted a quote from the Dalai Lama on Facebook that we wanted to share with you: The Paradox of Our Age We have bigger houses but smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense;…
When Social Media Isn’t So Social
Dear Friends, You may have noticed that we’ve been making some changes on our website. The videos on our home page were recently removed and replaced, and we have temporarily removed the signup form for our free video eCourse. If you’ve signed up for the eCourse, we have had to suspend it temporarily, and we…
What is “Our Daily Bread?”
In the “Lord’s prayer,” Jesus is said to have taught his followers to ask God to “give us this day our daily bread.” (Matthew 6:11) These days, many who repeat this prayer, have few, if any, concerns about the necessities of life. But for more and more, this prayer represents a very real daily need….
Orderly Lines
I walk along the streets of the city. Hundreds of neatly dressed human beings with pale and painted faces are hurrying in rather orderly lines to and from their places of employment…on both sides of us as we walk are displayed the things which we can buy if we are willing to stay in the…
The Owl and the Phoenix
When Jesus encouraged his followers to stop treasuring material things and instead “store up treasures in heaven,” some believe that he was teaching them to delay gratification; to live an ascetic life now in anticipation of the reward of later glory and comfort. As a result, many have needlessly deprived themselves and taken pride in…
Temptation
What tempts you? When we answer that question we virtually always name something that’s outside us. It’s no real surprise that we see it this way, since even the dictionary tells us that temptation comes from something or someone outside us that entices, coaxes or lures us. But fundamentally, temptation exists in two parts: 1….
The Fear of Life
Mark Twain, a brilliant observer, once said, “The fear of death follows the fear of life.” It’s common to see people cling to life at almost any cost. We assume that it’s because they love life and fear death, but as Twain pointed out, there is probably much more to the issue. We recently came…
Chuang Tzu: Lessons in Uselessness
If you’re reading this sentence, it’s probably because your curiosity got the best of you. After all, why would anyone want to intentionally teach uselessness? From the time we’re quite young society conditions us to be useful and promises the more useful we are the more rewards we’ll receive. Chuang Tzu, like other Taoist masters,…
Marking Time
Few of us would be surprised to learn that clocks and calendars were among the earliest human inventions. Nature itself has given us day and night, seasonal changes and the heavens as markers, but we’ve always been driven to find ways to mark time that are more precise. Currently, that would be the atomic clock…
Love or Fear?
We live in a world where opposites are very important to us. We see opposites as separate, and as the word implies, in opposition to one another. Based on that view, we usually desire one end of the pole (happiness, wealth or health) while running from its opposite (sadness, poverty or illness). But when we…
The Paradox of Our Age
We abruptly changed the subject of the blog this week after our friend Louise Oliver posted a quote from the Dalai Lama on Facebook that we wanted to share with you: The Paradox of Our Age We have bigger houses but smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense;…
When Social Media Isn’t So Social
Dear Friends, You may have noticed that we’ve been making some changes on our website. The videos on our home page were recently removed and replaced, and we have temporarily removed the signup form for our free video eCourse. If you’ve signed up for the eCourse, we have had to suspend it temporarily, and we…
What is “Our Daily Bread?”
In the “Lord’s prayer,” Jesus is said to have taught his followers to ask God to “give us this day our daily bread.” (Matthew 6:11) These days, many who repeat this prayer, have few, if any, concerns about the necessities of life. But for more and more, this prayer represents a very real daily need….
Orderly Lines
I walk along the streets of the city. Hundreds of neatly dressed human beings with pale and painted faces are hurrying in rather orderly lines to and from their places of employment…on both sides of us as we walk are displayed the things which we can buy if we are willing to stay in the…
The Owl and the Phoenix
When Jesus encouraged his followers to stop treasuring material things and instead “store up treasures in heaven,” some believe that he was teaching them to delay gratification; to live an ascetic life now in anticipation of the reward of later glory and comfort. As a result, many have needlessly deprived themselves and taken pride in…
Temptation
What tempts you? When we answer that question we virtually always name something that’s outside us. It’s no real surprise that we see it this way, since even the dictionary tells us that temptation comes from something or someone outside us that entices, coaxes or lures us. But fundamentally, temptation exists in two parts: 1….
The Fear of Life
Mark Twain, a brilliant observer, once said, “The fear of death follows the fear of life.” It’s common to see people cling to life at almost any cost. We assume that it’s because they love life and fear death, but as Twain pointed out, there is probably much more to the issue. We recently came…
Chuang Tzu: Lessons in Uselessness
If you’re reading this sentence, it’s probably because your curiosity got the best of you. After all, why would anyone want to intentionally teach uselessness? From the time we’re quite young society conditions us to be useful and promises the more useful we are the more rewards we’ll receive. Chuang Tzu, like other Taoist masters,…
Marking Time
Few of us would be surprised to learn that clocks and calendars were among the earliest human inventions. Nature itself has given us day and night, seasonal changes and the heavens as markers, but we’ve always been driven to find ways to mark time that are more precise. Currently, that would be the atomic clock…
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