Gangs and Love

According to some research I read, about the only people who can really reach members of hard core type gangs like the Bloods and Crips are former gang members. A problem is that as these former members try to help present members there is a lure for the helpers to be drawn back into... Read More

Brother David Steindl-Rast on Sin & Love

I appreciate how Brother David teaches that at the heart of sin is alienation. Even post post modern persons often find ourselves alienated from nature, others, community, and even our self; our body, emotions, shadow,   the best person we could be, and true and pure Love. This... Read More

Love/Bliss - Ananda

What is my basic nature before my mother and father conceived me? This is a type of koan. Ken Wilber usually talks about our basic and essential nature as emptiness or awareness. In this talk he talks about our nature as love/bliss. This sounds a lot more beautiful and inspiring to... Read More

Second Tier

I used to try to pretend that I did not have a very good grasp of what it really meant to be living at second tier. As things become more clear to me I am beginning to see that part of this apparent self created confusion was caused because I did not really want to live there. I believe... Read More

Stephen Levine & Love

I found Steven’s talk on Soundstrue to be a precious treasure. He has spent enough time helping people as they are dying to learn what really matters. I think that a reason why I have been continually fascinated with his teachings for so many decades is that they are just so simple... Read More

Sally Kempton and the Ego

Look around with open eyes. There is great suffering in the World which could be considerably lessened by a group of dedicated and caring persons such as us. For example, I trust that a group of five hundred such persons working together could accomplish much more that five hundred... Read More

Ken Wilber Finds an End to Suffering!

Ken tells us that we suffer to the extent that we identify as being only this small separate ego among many other egos. Ouch. Freedom from suffering comes to the extent that we learn to identify as being the One. This means being Love.... The original Christian path of Jesus uses... Read More

Daphne Rose Kingma on Love & Attraction

What is love? Daphne teaches us that love is an energetic intertwining between two souls that have been drawn together by a magnetic like attraction. We express our love in relationships and all relationships change and end; impermanence....   Love has a profound effect on us and is... Read More