I am constantly feeling overwhelmed by all the different demands on my time. It seems that I live out each day trying to "keep my head above water." This inevitably leads to discouragement that I will ever succeed at anything. I am feeling overwhelmed by sadness and a sense of futility. I just cannot seem to move out of this negative state because the pain feels so real to me. What inner act...

Starting life over is something we must do every second. We must not wait until we want to start over because at that point wanting to start life over is only our futile wish to avoid what has already happened. We are tied to whatever we avoid, so trying to start our life over because we want to get away from our sad-self -- or the sorry situations it has created -- is like leaping onto a sink...

Questions: Disillusionment about the spiritual teacher and path I've been studying; How to properly thank my father and deal with his imminent death; How do I balance sadness and faith; I'm having trouble dealing with a recent relationship breakup; Clarification about the meaning of the word 'evil' in scripture; What is the lower nature; Observing my changing 'I's'; How can I reconcile dark ac...

I am usually so busy... it is sad how I rush through everything. I know life was not meant to be this way. I admire the place where you are in your life and that you have found fulfillment.

The only one interested in hearing your sad story is...you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!

What is the source of the "blues," and what is the most effective way to begin shaking it? When I find myself feeling depressed -- in the dumps so to speak -- I tend to see myself as the victim of whatever situation is at hand. Then the more I find reasons to justify being the victim, the longer I tend to stay at my personal pity party. What would it take to snap myself out of this sad stupor...

The perfectly present moment is both the seed of who you are and of your experience of now. And just as you can't separate who you are from your experience of now, neither can you separate now from the real moment of change. They are the same. You can't end conflict later. You can't stop being sad, or cruel, or angry, or scared, or anxious later. Later does not exist in reality. This self-created, false concept of time allows it to create yet...

You can't go on feeling sad without first consenting to stand in the ashes of some past event, and then rubbing the memory of it all over yourself.

I was listening to your recording about WalMart and It is sad that people can reach such a fear based feeding frenzy. Sharks do it for survival, people are scared and reaching for themselves, sadly they look without instead of within.

In the news yesterday came this story: David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" – whose career roared back to life when he played the assassin-turned-victim in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" – was found dead Thursday in Thailand. Police said he appeared to have hanged himself. By any account, this is sad news, and all condolences go out to family and friends. But the serious...

Regardless of how disappointing or painful it may have been, nothing real lives in your past that can grab you and make you its captive any more than a dark shadow has the power to keep you from walking into the sunlight.

"Know thyself" is perhaps the oldest, wisest, deepest, and most succinct spiritual instruction ever given. In fact, it is our nature to know ourselves.