Love is something I have been deeply interested in, both from an emotional and from a spiritual perspective. And the one thing that always comes to light with true love is the notion of “being”: the capacity, as the universally accurate saying goes, “to live in the now.” This inevitably necessitates a degree of awareness … Read more

Do you have a friend or a loved one who’s going through a difficult time? Healing presence is your natural ability to help someone when they need it the most. You may say very little. You may do very little. Yet, you can make all the difference by holding a space where the other can … Read more

“I am committed to the view the whole point and joy of human life is to integrate the spiritual with the material, the mystical with the sensuous, and the altruistic with a kind of proper self-love,” writes Alan Watts in his book In My Own Way: an Autobiography. “So I have always done things in … Read more

Just watching a dog or a cat can be a deeply healing experience. It takes us out of our mind and brings us into the now — the only place free of chains of the past and unknown void of the future. That’s where an animal lives all the time, surrendered to life, enjoying it … Read more