Your inner warrior is one source of strength you can draw upon in times of great need. When you employ your warrior spirit thoughtfully,...

You can only be in one place at any moment in time. If you feel you are missing out on something then you are. But it’s not the party, or...

There is a story that shortly after his enlightenment experience, the Buddha encountered a fortune teller desirous of practicing his art...

There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at...

True happiness comes when my mind and the senses have become quiet and peaceful. In that state, there is spiritual power; we are...

Humility comes from the understanding that the force behind whatever help you give to others comes not from you but from the power of...

Our first reaction to a difficult situation is often negative. There is a tendency to be carried away in a storm of negative thoughts....

The issue of worthiness may come up in many areas of our lives, as we ask, often unconsciously, whether we are worthy of success, love,...

Promises are easily made. Keeping them often proves more difficult because when we are pressured to strive always for perfection, we find...

A willingness to question everything, even things we are sure we are right about, can shake us out of complacency and reinvigorate our...

In the spiritual community that G.I. Gurdjieff led in France, an old man lived there who was the personification of difficulty–irritable,...

Karen Salmansohn, so eloquently put it this way: Your enemies = your teachers. Your failure = your wisdom. Your mistakes = your lucky...

Becoming aware of own gifts and those of others fills life with beauty. When I am aware of others’ unique gifts, I can encourage them to...

Many years ago, a man was sitting in quiet contemplation by a riverbank when he was disturbed by a beggar from the local village. “Where...

The Reverend and the Greyhound by Michael Neill I said to the dog “Are you still racing?” “No,” he replied “Well, what was the matter?...

It is easy to raise our voices and complain when we encounter someone else’s negativity. This disturbs our own inner calm and we become...

Only when we find the quietness in our own minds can we begin to hear our inner teacher, so that we may receive some in-tuition. Only...

The first step in this is doing some real soul-searching to find out what has made you peaceless in the first place. Turning your mind...

How fast can life become? How much can we do in the limited amount of time we have. There are only 24 hours in the day, but we’re trying...

We all have a story to tell, but sometimes we get stuck in that story and become our story. It is filled with relationships and events...