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Attention

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The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle. Nearly all those who believe they have this capacity do not. Warmth, movements of the heart,…
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The Myth of Fulfillment

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We are addicted to fulfillment, to the eradication of all emptiness. . . . (we have) swallowed the cultural myth that says, “if you are well-adjusted, and if you are living your life properly, you will feel fulfilled, satisfied, content,…
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Space for Love

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We are so busy, so occupied with many little things, that we are blind to the one great thing. Only in the pauses between things, in the brief contemplative spaces of just being, can we catch a glimpse of love…
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The Mystery of Love

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I do not think we can ever adequately define or understand love; I do not think we were ever meant to. We are meant to participate in love without really comprehending it. We are meant to give ourselves, live ourselves…
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Celestial Horses

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Here comes those silver celestial horses Rays of the moon in the mountain air I’m steeped in the steam of the last wild hot spring Maybe I’m melting but I don’t care There’s darkness in the canyon But the Light…
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