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...
Transmutation Ahead!

Transmutation Ahead!

My dear friend, astrologer Emily Trinkhaus, says tomorrow’s (Monday’s) Equinox marks a massive turning point. “Saturn has just shifted into Pisces for the first time since 1996,” she says, “while Pluto is about to enter Aquarius for the first...

The first time I saw hula performed I was standing under the enormous banyan tree shading the front yard of the old courthouse in Lahaina, watching dozens of traditional hula artists and students perform. I wept. Watching traditional hula was like getting hooked up to...
Kicking Unhealthy Habits

Kicking Unhealthy Habits

I don’t know if you can relate, but I’ve struggled with excess on and off my whole life. Excess alcohol, excess cigarettes (thank God that habit got snuffed out 40 years ago or I’d be dead by now), excess sugar, excess pizza … just plain excess...