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Happy Easter to all

Our warmest wishes to everyone around the world celebrating Easter.

In a time marked by conflict and uncertainty, may this moment of hope and new beginnings inspire dialogue, understanding and unity among people of all faiths, in the spirit of our shared…

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I wholeheartedly endorse the powerful appeal for peace made by the Holy Father, Pope Leo, during his Palm Sunday Mass. His call for the laying down of arms and the renunciation of violence resonated profoundly with me, as it…

Happy Ostara  Today marks the Spring Equinox - the first day of spring and a moment of perfect balance between light and dark. May your days be filled with warmth, intention, and gentle illumination as…

Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical.

We don’t need to add more depression, more discouragement, or more anger to what’s already here. It’s becoming essential that we learn how to relate sanely with difficult times.

The earth seems to be beseeching us to…

"Come you masters of war.

You that build all the guns.

You that build the death planes.

You that build all the big bombs.

You that hide behind walls.

You that hide behind desks.

I just want you to know I can see through your masks.

Let me ask you one question, Is your money that good?

Will it…

Coleman Barks, the famed Rumi translator, has passed away to the Eternal realm.



No one has done more to bring the souls of so many people to Rumi’s teachings. Inna lilah wa inna ilayhi raji’un.

I know some will want to have a discussion of the accuracy of Coleman’s versions (I am myself writing a book on that…

"Shine On"🔆 A Walk for Peace 🙏Tribute Song for The Theravada Buddhist Monks and Aloka The Peace Dog

About "Shine On"🔆: Inspired by the Monks’ Walk for Peace and the gentle presence of Aloka the Peace Dog, this song honors the sacred act of walking with intention,…

Awaken

Wake Up! We must awaken!

‘The Beast’ has been set loose in the world and we,

“the warriors of The Lord” must force it back to its origins.

‘The Beast’ cannot…

My Soul’s Journey

There’s a storm in my head

The rumblings of energies

– Unfathomable Forces – evoked.

But how do I reign?

The Man said, “FORGET ALL.

NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS.”

White sleighs powered…

From the Water by Ajeet

This song was born out of the feeling of stepping into something new, something unknown. It feels like birth, like coming into a new space with fragile steps. Many things in my world and in the…

One of the greatest humanitarians alive, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, teaches, “in today’s materialistic world there is a risk of people becoming slaves to money, as though they were simply cogs in a huge money-making machine. This does nothing for human dignity, freedom, and genuine wellbeing. Wealth should serve humanity, and not…

The year was 2009 when I wrote this poem and it was published

David Gould

Leave your greetings for David Gould…

The greatest living master exuding love and compassion even while asleep, teaches, “every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit…

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has the genius to see detailed interconnections that others miss. He also has the breadth and wide perspective to see the big pictures more precisely and accurately than others. He teaches, “We are the only species with the power to destroy the earth and also the capacity to protect it.” Coming from someone…

happy thanksgiving friends …

Time is precious. I get it. We all have things to do and places to go.

That’s why it’s so important to fill up our “spare” moments with things that nurture us and support us in becoming who we want to be.

This five-minute video interview of Jane…

Dharma is life. Life is dharma. Dharma is good life. Good life is Dharma. Goodness has unlimited breadth and depth. It includes generosity, which counters stinginess. It includes integrity, which counters dishonesty. It includes tolerance, which counters anger. It includes perseverance, which counters laziness. It includes…

Cultivate the habit of dropping into the present moment. Do this repeatedly every day. When we are in the present moment, both the past and the future are quiet. It is when the mind engages the past or future that thoughts occur. This includes feelings and emotions, usually anxiety, fear, and worry. But in the present moment these are…

In Tibetan, the word for meditation is ‘gom.’ It means to remember. To remember virtue instead of harm. Remembering virtue counters our tendency to respond with a knee-jerk dysfunctional reaction, like anger, jealousy, pride or insecurity. This is core Dharma practice. All our preconceived ideas, recognized and often unrecognized, get…

WHAT AM I ?            cried the raindrop

as it splashed into the muddy pond

The pond flowed into a creek

Asking            What am I ?

Twisting and turning the creek became a river

Wondering What am I ?

Quietly              under a golden moon

the river met the…