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? I see so much suffering in America and around the world. I see unhappiness, alienation, broken families, isolation, sickness, war, poverty, injustice and a planet out of balance. And it makes me both sad and angry. Sad, because it's me and my fellow human beings who are suffering and we deserve better. Angry, because most of this suffering is preventable and unnecessary.
It is caused not by Nature but by ourselves. Human ignorance, cruelty, laziness, selfishness, hatred, greed, anger,...
•Choose Love, Grow Love
Love is an infinite spiral. The wonderful thing about spending the rest of your life together is that you can continue rising to higher levels on love's spiral.
After more than 20 years together my wife and I are both more passionately and spiritually in love with each other with each passing year. We continue to be amazed and grateful for the healing power of love and how it has transformed our lives. We've found there are two simple secrets to creating a dynamic, loving, lifelong...
•The Unexamined Life is not Worth Living
I've always been fascinated by Socrates' bold statement that "The unexamined life is not worth living."
He doesn't mince words. He doesn't say that the unexamined life is "less meaningful than it could be" or "one of many possible responses to human existence." He simply and clearly says it's not even worth living.
Why does he make such strong, unequivocal statement?
Socrates believed that the purpose of human life was personal and spiritual growth. We are unable to grow toward greater...
•Searching for Balance
We yearn for balance in our lives. We often feel that there is simply not enough time to do all the things we need to do each day. And usually we blame ourselves for not doing a better job of balancing the conflicting demands of work, family and friends.
During a radio interview, the woman who hosted the program said to me, "I have so many things going on each day, sometimes it drives me crazy! Isn't it hard to find balance in our lives today?"
To her surprise, I replied, "It's not just...
•Am I the Main Character?
? One of my favorites cartoons depicts a crowded sea of faces. The caption reads: "My God, what if I'm not the main character?"
We tend to walk around feeling like we're the center of the universe and everything revolves around us. It's easy to see this trait in narcissists and egomaniacs. But even people with low self-esteem and a sense of worthlessness are the main character in their unhappy drama. It's simply the ego's nature to be self-centered.
But being the main character can become a...
•An awful or an awesome life?
? The encounter between the finite human self and the ultimate of existence evokes the emotion of Sacred Anxiety. We much prefer to search for God than to actually meet God. As C.S. Lewis dryly observed, at the very moment we feel that we about to meet our Creator, we "suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We never meant it to come to that!" Emily Dickinson, no stranger to Sacred Anxiety, wrote:
"I do not know the man so bold He dare in lonely Place That awful stranger...
•Economic Downturn = Spiritual Opportunity
Is the economy getting you down?
Maybe it's not simply "the economy." Maybe what's really getting you down is the way you're talking to yourself about the economy. Don't get me wrong -- it's nice to have enough money to pay your bills. But what a lot of people are learning today is that you can't depend on money for your sense of security.
Spiritual teachers have been saying this for thousands of years. Buddha taught that being too attached to material things means we will inevitably...
•The Only New Year's Resolution You'll Ever Need
How are you doing with your New Year's resolutions?
Inspired by the sight of a new calendar, we vow to do better during the coming year. We resolve to break a bad habit (to stop overeating, to stop going to bed so late) or to build a good habit (to be a better listener, to exercise more). All too often we find that the force and momentum of our old habits soon overcome our best intentions.
We hope to replace our bad habits with good ones, or at least better ones. But what about habit itself?...
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