Essays and updates from the path. Written to illuminate the way.

The body remembers

The body remembers

Every body tells the story of a life. I was out walking the other day when I began to notice how differently people move. Each step seemed to tell a...

The body remembers

Every body tells the story of a life. I was out walking the other day when I began to notice how differently people move. Each step seemed to tell a...

Aloneness within togetherness

Aloneness within togetherness

I’ve been feeling a kind of loneliness lately that doesn’t come from being alone. It’s the kind that arises in the midst of people. When the room is full, the...

Aloneness within togetherness

I’ve been feeling a kind of loneliness lately that doesn’t come from being alone. It’s the kind that arises in the midst of people. When the room is full, the...

The volcano, the mountain, the stillness.

The volcano, the mountain, the stillness.

A true spiritual awakening, over time, is not soft. It escalates. It begins as the self dissolves, merging with the divine, the sacred, and the living world around it. At...

The volcano, the mountain, the stillness.

A true spiritual awakening, over time, is not soft. It escalates. It begins as the self dissolves, merging with the divine, the sacred, and the living world around it. At...

The tyranny of thought

The tyranny of thought

I was out walking tonight and my mind was running. Thought after thought, persistent, particular, paralyzing.Then I stilled. What is this appendage, I thought? These things I carry with me?Thoughts...

The tyranny of thought

I was out walking tonight and my mind was running. Thought after thought, persistent, particular, paralyzing.Then I stilled. What is this appendage, I thought? These things I carry with me?Thoughts...

The companionship of light and dark

The companionship of light and dark

What if light and dark were never opposites, but lifelong companions, moving in quiet agreement through the same eternal space?The light is not the counterpart to the dark, and neither...

The companionship of light and dark

What if light and dark were never opposites, but lifelong companions, moving in quiet agreement through the same eternal space?The light is not the counterpart to the dark, and neither...

The I That Remains

The I That Remains

One must identify themselves for the world.But there is no real need to attach to that identity. You are not your body.You are not your job.You are not a name....

The I That Remains

One must identify themselves for the world.But there is no real need to attach to that identity. You are not your body.You are not your job.You are not a name....