He was a peaceful pacifist in ideology, provocateur in words, radical revolutionary in action. ‘Peace and fire’ are not paradoxical when one simultaneously knows that which is transcendent, and that which evolves in this world. And right here and now, in this...
Philosopher and scholar Paul Tillich determined that humanity was thrust out of the dark ages and into the Renaissance due to the efforts and awakening of only 1,000 people. 1,000 people unlocked new capacity in their brains that let them enact a higher consciousness,...
I recently had a discussion that turned to politics and spirituality. Strange bedfellows…or are they? One of the participants in this conversation stated that they had no concern about politics, because within the Unitary State (enlightened consciousness) all...
Last week a story broke in the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/nyregion/shambhala-sexual-misconduct.html). The leader of one of the largest meditation movements in the west was alleged of sexually abusing women. Mipham Rinpoche—the head of Shambala...
I spent the weekend doing one of my favorite activities in Chicago: roaming the city with my wife Laura, book and computer tucked in my backpack, no particular agenda. A perfect summer weekend of exploring, discovering, reading, and for me, the thing that brings the...
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