Grief Part One. After the Crying Stops

Grief does not follow a timetable. It does not offer explanations, and it does not conform to our ideas about healing. No one can give you advice about the proper way to grieve, except to respect the process. This reflection is not about recovery or closure. It is...

Why Forgiveness Is So Hard — and How We Can Begin to Heal

Forgiveness is one of the most challenging inner tasks we face. We know it is meant to bring peace, yet for many of us it feels almost impossible. Old hurts stay alive inside us, replaying themselves in our minds long after the moment has passed. We want justice,...

THE HEART

Broken, Open, Alive If you are alive, you have been wounded. By words, by silence, by indifference, by life itself. By loss and disappointment, by betrayal, by fate. No one escapes this. Because we love, our hearts can be broken, and yet our mysterious heart energy is...

Opening to A More Encompassing Reality

“There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Shakespeare (Hamlet) There are atheists and believers—each certain their view explains the nature of existence. But even within these broad categories, there are further divisions....