Is the heart truly trustworthy? Oh how I yearn to follow my heart but can I trust it, really trust it? This is the most pertinent question in my life right now. There is some confusion, in me and in you too, about what it means to follow the heart. Instinctual compulsions, lust, and much […]
April 18, 2012
My copy just got in yesterday and I’m eager to share. The entire text of A Course of Love is available online but this stunningly beautiful foreword from the second edition has not yet been posted. (Foreword from the Second Edition of “A Course of Love“) A Course of Love is an invitation to “share […]
March 23, 2012
Every since I watched Kathryn Schulz’s brilliant TED talk on being wrong, I’ve wanted to post something here about the incredible pleasure that can arise from being wrong. Here’s my opinion in a nutshell: Being wrong is one of the most liberating experiences. I actually adapted a lesson from A Course in Miracles about being […]
March 23, 2012
Q: Do we need conflict to exist? A: Our identity as we know it is actually based in conflict. On the most basic level, we know what we are by exclusion, by defining what we are not. So existence in the fundamentally egoic sense is based on the notion of separation. Q: Can’t you have […]
February 26, 2012
My husband Daniel has this twinkle in his eye like he’s on to something. “What do we teach?” he asks me. I’m confused, “Information?” I ask. When he repeats the question, “What is the one thing we teach?” I ask if he means the message. Yes, he asks “What is the core content of anything […]
February 21, 2012
Peace is a woman, mother to the world, Whom God has sent to lay a hand Across a thousand children’s fevered brows. In its cool certainty there is no fear, And from her breasts there comes a quietness For them to lean against and to be still. She brings a message to their frightened hearts […]
February 4, 2012
Q:What is the difference between egolessness and developing a healthy self-esteem? I feel like I’m trying to do both and I suspect they’re incompatible. …And there are some feelings of guilt around that, to the tune of: Shouldn’t I be getting over my ego, not boosting it or even trying to make it a ‘good’ […]
April 25, 2012
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