I hope you’ve had a chance to read my recent blog “ARE YOU A MYSTIC?” It points to an important set of distinctions that can really make a difference in how you approach your life and your particular path. It’s…

Some of you may be able to relate to this..  It’s the plight of visionaries, heretics, prophets, revolutionaries, scientists, artists and innovators exploring the creative edges of existence. Some of you, don’t identify with those labels, but never-the-less you feel…

DEMAND –  a forceful statement in which you say that something must be done or given to you; a strong need for something; something claimed as due;  a seeking or state of being sought after; urgent need CALLING FORTH – to call to someone to come out…

While driving across the Richmond Bridge from Berkeley to Marin County in California I had a random 70’s song list playing on iTunes.  (I know… I can hear my DJ son rolling his eyes).  Anyway, Carly Simon came on singing…

While I was a student of A.H. Almaas for 8 years, one of the teachings that caught my attention was his teaching on the wheel of time. It indicates that at certain times in history, spirituality emerges to respond to…

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can…

HERETIC: someone whose ideas are in fundamental disagreement with the status quo A number of  years ago, in Berkeley, I attended an event with a popular spiritual teacher who began his address to an eager, sophisticated crowd of spiritual practitioners…

Groups of people have collective identities, and the identities of the groups that we are a part of have a profound effect over us. There is a new emergent possibility of ‘InterBeing’ and how the field of relatedness can become…

It’s Valentine’s Day. I’m sitting by the fire and came across this story about Peter from many years ago…  Seemed the appropriate day to share this story of true love.  Enjoy… In my previous writings I described what it had…

As a kid born in 1950’s, I had strange tastes in entertainment. As a very young child I much preferred Liberace with all his glitter, sparkle and classical music to the soothing, simplicity of dear Mr. Rogers. When I imagined…