Mysteries of the Infinite

When you read translations of Jesus’s words as they could have been spoken in his native language, one experiences not dogma, but introspection and wonder.  Jesus spoke as an artist painting with an impressionist style using gentle strokes on the canvas of our soul. ...

Mindful

Thick Nhat Hanh said, “We often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would reduce their arsenals, we could have peace.  But if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our own minds, our own prejudices, fears and ignorances.  Even if we...

Compassion

Compassion is our ability to be sympathetic, understanding and merciful.  To do so we must have empathy, the ability to hear and understand another’s plight because it is ours too.  When we do this without any selfish or self-centered motivation we are in altruistic...