Two Wolves
Recently I came across the classic Cherokee story of Two Wolves. An elder is speaking to a grandson — about life, no less. Two Wolves is particularly poignant for me because I know the experience of an internal push-pull so very well. The push-pull of conflicting feelings, sometimes even values; wanting to be here but...
Send Love Ahead
When I saw a suggestion that we “send love ahead” to our day, it caught my attention. (It was in Daily Om, a mailing which I really enjoy. Check it out!) Send love ahead. What might that mean, I wondered? Now, I have various rituals I choose among as I drift off to sleep: a metta...
Living In The Middle
What does it mean to be Living in the Middle? Quite a bit, actually. For some, it’s easy and tempting, these days and at our age (!), to go with the whiny, struggling, negative, ain’t it awful, and gosh, it’s hard… Others choose to take a spiritual bypass, say it’s all just ephemeral anyway, and...
Searching for Benevolence
I often find myself wondering about the deep nature of reality, and ultimately searching for benevolence, I could even say longing for it. Musing further on the question of good and evil, I sometimes ask myself how and where is goodness, benevolence to be found? Hmmm, what do actually I mean by that? Well, many spiritual...
Basic Decent Goodness
Remembering “basic decent goodness” is turning out to be a big help for me in my ongoing struggle with the turmoil — both inside myself, and that which I perceive in the world. Sound convoluted? Only sort of! Here a compendium of short notes in support of this approach: Pablo Casals puts it this way: “Each person has inside...
