Author: mktdaf
Writings: Those who have ears to hear…
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN “If we can learn to listen, maybe life will tell us how it needs to regenerate. In the ancient ways, the leader was not the one who told people what to do, the leader was the one who listened, watched the signs, was attentive to the inner world. Sufis talk…
Writings: Old Zen story…and, seriously, why are you still carrying her?
You’ve heard this one before, hey – A senior monk and a junior monk were traveling together. At one point, they came to a river with a strong current. As the monks were preparing to cross the river, they saw a very young and beautiful woman also attempting to cross. The young woman asked if…
Music & poetry: “Back to the Earth” with Jason Mraz & Raining Jane
They were on tour last summer – Jason Mraz joined by collaborators Raining Jane on their new album “Yes!” I especially like this song, because it’s a) real and b) it’s stuck in my head and c) it’s great. Back to the earth, back to work….love it:
Intuitives & more: Lucid dreaming 101
Couple nights ago, I was flying home when I saw the lights on at your house, and the dog on the porch. You waved from the window & smiled, and I waved back, and then went the rest of the way home. Nope, I wasn’t in an airplane, on the way home from a trip,…
Writings: Live, simply
Interesting as it is to have a business magazine talk about what a vow of poverty looks like, feels like, sounds like….even more interesting to hear from someone who lives it. See what you think – here’s more from Sister Amy:
Thoughts: Alive in this moment, with Thay
“We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. “We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. “We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing…
Writings: From anger…the next step
It’s easy to say “I love you”. It’s easy to talk about love, and presence, and the Absolute, and ‘being aware of awareness’, and cultivating a deep acceptance of what is. It’s easy to teach, to say things that sound true, and good, and spiritual. But these are just words. There is a world before…
Writings: The two hungers
Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert talk about the two “hungers.” There is the Great Hunger and there is the Little Hunger. The Little Hunger wants food for the belly; but the Great Hunger, the greatest hunger of all, is the hunger for meaning… There is ultimately only one thing that makes human beings deeply and…