A Buddhist monk asked a student, “If you were carrying a cup of tea and someone bumps into you, and you spill the tea, why did you spill the tea?” The student replied, “I spilled the tea because the guy bumped into me. It was his fault that I spilled the tea.” The monk replied, “No.… Read More What’s Your Cup of Tea?

Spiritual activism has an important place in history and especially now. As the weather begins to cool, the political scene is heating up and becoming more volatile. Spiritual activism can help cool it. Complacency just lets it continue to burn. Let’s cool it! Read on, please! As some of you well know by now, we… Read More Spiritual Activism Makes a World of a Difference

I have written several times this time of the year how August is like Sunday. Just as Sunday is at the end of the week, August is at the end of Summer. Just as on Sunday, most of us take time off from work, so in August most of us take time off from work.… Read More August Is Still the Sunday of Summer

Summer of 2025, June-July Newsletter This summer could bring many ups and downs. It may bring sunny days and more rainy ones. You can let yourself be tossed about until you are seasick, and drained until your tank is empty. Or you can remain established in your Self — steady, sturdy, buoyant and even-keeled. Whatever… Read More The World Needs Your Self to Shine

An Ode Owed to Mothers   We owe mothers more than a day a year to honor them. Much more.   Mothers have the most difficult job in the world. Besides carrying us for nine months, going through labor pain and giving birth to us — how burdensome and painful that is I cannot even… Read More An Ode Owed to Mothers

It’s the month of May… May you be happy May you be blessed May you be protected May you be fearless May you be free of pain May you be content May you be at peace May you be prosperous May you be kind May you be loving May you be loved May you be… Read More The Month of May: May you….

Published in March 2025     Spring starts this month. So March is considered the month of new beginnings. New beginnings are auspicious.   The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed the first day of Spring as the International Day of Happiness. Daffodils are March’s birth flower — they are among the earliest flowers to appear… Read More Spring and Auspicious Beginnings

Posted February 2025   My tradition for the month of Valentine’s day is to recount the following story from the book Inspiration for a Life Worth Living, by Alan Cohen:   Who Amongst Us?   A mysterious stranger showed up at the door of a rundown monastery operated by several old monks who had become “spiritually… Read More Who Amongst Us?

Posted January 2025 Happy New Year. To that, a few of you might be thinking, “Yeah, sure! What is there to be happy about?” It’s not a question of being happy about something this year. It’s about being happy, period, no matter what’s about. Remember Sojourner Truth’s quote in last month’s newsletter: “I will not allow… Read More Keep Your Heart In It