‘Humility isn’t thinking less of yourself; it’s thinking of yourself less.’ Syd Banks In this sense, humility is humanity. It’s nothing to do with high or low self-esteem; it’s about recognizing the fact that we’re one of six billion waves in the ocean of life, each no...
Nasrudin was talking to his neighbor one day, and the neighbor lamented, “I’m really having trouble fitting my family in our small house. It’s me, my wife, my three kids, and my mother-in-law-all sharing the same cottage. Mulla Nasrudin, you are a wise man. Do...
Normally what we consider as joy is not joy; at most it is entertainment, and it is just a way to avoid yourself, to intoxicate yourself, to dive into something so that you can forget your unhappiness, of Your concern, your anguish, your anxiety. All kinds...
Siddhartha stayed with the ferryman and learned how to look after the boat, and when there was nothing to do at the ferry, he worked in the rice field with Vasudeva, gathered wood, and picked fruit from the banana trees. He learned how to make...
There are thousands of agreements you have made with yourself, with other people, with your dream of life, with God, with society, with your parents, with your spouse, with your children. But the most important agreements are the ones you made with yourself. In these...
One of my college mentors was a scientist who had risen to a senior professorship at a time when very few women went further than high school biology. In a competitive and then largely male world, Irene devoted all her energy to her career and...
27 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death; 2 and they bound him and led him away and delivered him to Pilate the governor. The Suicide of Judas 3 When Judas, his...
If we begin to study ourselves we first of all come up against one word which we use more than any other and that is the word 'I'. We say 'I am doing', 'I am sitting', 'I feel', 'I like', 'I dislike' and so on....
Lao Tzu, an authentic rebel—more authentic than Gautam Buddha and Mahavira, because he remained in the world and fought in the world—lived according to his own light, struggling, not escaping. He became so wise that the emperor invited him to become his prime minister.He simply refused. He...
The nun Chiyono studied for years, but was unable to find enlightenment. One night, she was carrying an old pail filled with water. As she was walking along, she was watching the full moon reflected in the pail of water. Suddenly, the bamboo strips that held the pail together broke, and the pail...
