Of all the spiritual practices, blessing is the most powerful, both in terms of what it does for us and for the gift it is to others. Blessing is a very important part of the daily religious practices of both Jews and Muslims, while in the West, blessing has been largely reserved for priests and ministers. JudaismRead more
By Ross Bishop Occasionally I get asked what principles guide my life. I have a number of them, but I had never collected them in one place until now. I suspect that deeply holding any one of these concepts would probably change your life. These are not in any particular order, except the first three. 1. LOVE EVERYTHING.Read more
We accept many things without thinking about them. Take the idea of prayer. We view prayer as some sort of a conversation with God. In this view, prayer is like making an international toll-free call. But, for very important reasons a conversation with God is unlike any other, and that changes the nature of the thing. As aRead more
OK, something happens – good or bad – it doesn’t matter. In that moment you have a choice – you either hold compassion for the other or dump all over them. Every situation, every moment, presents you with that choice. Notice that I am separating out the content of the event from your feelings about it. You don’tRead more
I’ve been thinking recently about something the Buddha said: “Neither fire or wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.” We build statues and memorials to our heroes and heroic events, and yet all of them will someday turn to dust. Great monuments like The Acropolis or The Parthenon even the pyramids of Egypt, stand as stark remindersRead more