 “Completeness and unity constitute our most fundamental nature as living beings,” writes Sharon Salzberg in her Lovingkindess book. “No matter how wonderful or terrible our lives have been, no matter how many traumas and scars we may carry from the past, no matter what we have gone through or what we are suffering now, … Read more
 Every once in a while, a spiritual teacher comes into this world who is destined to write a book of immense power and depth. I believe that Eckhart Tolle is one of those teachers. But, as it usually happens with people of extraordinary talent, his insights into the essence of human condition and what … Read more
 If you’ve learned how to see a tree, you no longer want it to be merely a “tree;” you simply want it to “be.” That is seeing; that is being; that is life. In this way, you develop a tender kinship with trees, recalibrating your sense of what’s real, of what’s most important in … Read more
 It’s those we love who hurt us the most. Creatures of constant contradiction, they speak and act in the name of love, all the while not knowing how to be in love. They don’t see us; they don’t hear us; they don’t accept us for who we are, right now. And, as we all … Read more