Being Driven

Being Driven

In the last year, I’ve been super focused on staying grounded in my body and as in tune with my emotions and feelings as possible. But I really got blind-sided the other day talking with a long-term acquaintance about his latest book project. He’s one of those...
Stories, illusions and lies, oh my!

Stories, illusions and lies, oh my!

I was on a group call the other day, and a guy was talking and he said, “If I don’t feel, it isn’t real.” And then he kept on going and I don’t remember a thing he said after that because I was so riveted by that one short statement. It...
The Teaching of No Words

The Teaching of No Words

Many years ago, a spiritual teacher freaked me out at a retreat by saying out of the blue, “Soon will come the teaching of no words.” No words? How was that supposed to work? Surely, I wasn’t going to have to read my teacher’s mind? Was that...
The Great River Crossing of Our Times

The Great River Crossing of Our Times

River crossings are tricky. Rushing, turbulent waters, slippery rocks, no visible footing, no hand rail, no assurance you’ll make it to the other side. Back in the 1960s, every Western I ever saw about people headed West to a new life had a scene where the...