Find the Kernel

Every experience contains within it something that can be of benefit. There are no exceptions. It may enhance your well-being, expand your awareness or improve your ability to connect with others. Failure to find the benefit isn’t proof that the axiom is false,...

Everything Is Energy

Everything in the universe is animated by the same force. We’re all individual expressions of that force, just as a wave is an individual expression of the ocean. When we die, the force doesn’t die, it moves out of our bodies just as a wave dissolves back...

Perspective and Scale

If a vehicle passes nearby, it can appear larger than a building in the distance that’s hundreds of times its size. We understand perspective in this context: the apparent size of an object is a function of where it’s located and where we stand. This...

Creating Our Feelings

No matter what’s happening on the outside, it’s the story we tell ourselves about it that makes us feel the way we do on the inside. We continue to set boundaries for rude and abusive behavior, but we do it with compassion because we know that...

The Problem

Thinking something is a problem is what makes it one. In contrast, viewing what happens as the inevitable result of all that’s come before, takes you out of resistance and puts you in a frame of mind in which you can create something more to your liking. Reality...

It Used to Be Better

Do you ever look at the world and think to yourself that things used to be so much better? If so, it might be a time for you to look within. You may have the same memory bias that previous generations have been exhibiting since the beginning of time, which presents...