Our greatest power - as it turns out -- isn't the ability to imagine a limitless life, but rather to become aware of the fact that all dreams are part of the finite world.

Our great hope dwells within whatever supports, strengthens, or sustains our love of truth, where much as candle light banishes any shadow before it -- revealing its nothingness...

Yesterday was my father's birthday – he passed away nearly a decade ago. Just realizing how much time has gone by since I last saw and spoke with him is a little shocking. He was a good man, loved by many, and with many loves that made his heart a full one. There have been many times since he died that I've wished we could be together once more, but not for reasons one would easily guess...su...

Topic: Spiritual Profitability: Why the Easy Way Is the Wrong Way; Questions: What is the difference between thought and contemplation; How much should I help others who are in need; What is the soul; Working with the 'I will be with you' exercise is draining; Is everything that stirs us up, whether good or bad, a reflection of what we don't know about ourselves.

Every moment spent in the love of wisdom, accompanied by your wish to keep its company regardless the cost, helps to build an invisible but eternal bridge between the deepest and highest parts of yourself.

The passage of life's innumerable events can either grind you down, or serve to remove your rough, sharp edges; and whether you feel punished or polished by these movements all depends upon what you love.

A whole new kind of spiritual happiness dawns in us as we realize that dark clouds do not ruin sunny skies... they merely pass through them to help us remember our love of the light.

Far more important than the passing sense of inspiration it produces within the self, revelation promises the possibility of abiding in a living relationship with a Wise and Loving intelligence unbounded by time and circumstance.

Love is effortless attention. In remembering the Divine, in that recollection of the truth of ourselves, we bring to the forefront of our heart and mind an all-encompassing Presence that cannot punish itself, or any other...

Topics Covered: What do we all really need in this life? We need to be loved; Everything we do in this life, however mistaken or incomplete it may be, is for the sake of feeling loved. But there is an immense difference between feeling loved and being loved. Feeling loved is a desire; being loved is an action; In order to love you as myself I must first stop trying to make you into me.

Anyone or anything that asks you to be untrue to yourself has already acted against you.

We cannot separate the pain and problems of our world from the hope and promise of discovering – within us -- a new character whose unpretentious nature is the essence of compassion, patience, and sacrifice for the sake of love.