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By the Glorious Morning Light
Artwork by: Artwork by: Artur Zhuk, age 13
Written by: Fatima Shafi
1 By the glorious morning light;
2 and by the night when it darkens,
3 your Lord has not forsaken you, nor is H…
Where Growth Comes From
Literary Wisdom
Variety is the pledge that matter makes to living things.
— Diane Ackerman in Deep Play
Transformation Ritual
There’s power to writing by hand. The physical action reaches deep into yourself. It takes time, leaves you identifiable, and it’s personal and intimate. As Yale psychologist Paul Bloom said in …
Paths to Healing
Philosophical Wisdom
Each soul is unique and each soul has been wounded or lost in a unique way. Therefore each soul has to follow its own path of soul-healing and soul-making.
— Michael Gross…
A Prayer for Victims of Sexual Abuse
November 2011. The former Defensive Coordinator for the Penn State University football team, Jerry Sandusky, was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting 8 young boys over a 15-year period. Muc…
Touching the Earth for Our Adversaries
One of the great challenges in all the world's religious and spiritual traditions is learning to love our enemies. Contemporary cultures still honor the eye-for-an-eye approach to enemies. Revenge i…
How to Avoid Polarization in Sports and Politics
We don't attend many baseball games but we took some relatives to see a Yankees game. When someone in the crowd yelled in celebration of the opposing team, he was booed down and then pelted with a t…
The Altar of My Ears
Many early cultures viewed the ears as the seat of wisdom but I prefer to follow W. H. Mathieu and regard my ears as an altar. Through these remarkable organs with the three tiniest bones in the bod…
Meeting the Moment as a Friend
This is one of my favorite practices. It's one that Sylvia Boorstein, one of our Living Spiritual Teachers, uses regularly — reciting, usually silently, these two sentences:
"May I meet this mo…
For My Soulmate
On my Twitter feed I've posted many quotes about the spiritual practice of love. Here are some of my favorites, which caress the intimacies, delights, and pleasures of lovers. I dedicate them to my …