Most of our contemporary sciences are finally catching up to what the ancient Eastern mystics have been declaring from time immemorial. Everything begins in silence, exists only for a brief time, and then slips back into the silent source from which it came. What appears to be real essentially hides what truly is real. [...]
The hearth fire was particularly friendly and comforting this morning, crackling with occasional sparks that sent micro-meteors of light shooting across its burnt brick backdrop. I was sitting in silent leisure while contemplating the rippled textures of the sea as the rain fell in softly layered veils across a slate cast sky. My eyes [...]
For this world, and for yourself, learn to listen from silence, For that delicate whisper that reveals your true reason for being In 1912, the environmental philosopher John Muir wrote, “When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with the stars, all [...]
In being authentic, you become an unassuming presence, like a wildflower simply allowing life’s splendor to arise glowingly, without applying any defensiveness or effort to display your intrinsic beauty. The flower’s loveliness rests in its faithful innocence. In this humble unpretentious way of being, life becomes so very easy; you merely yield receptively to the [...]