The Pulse of Spirit

It can be shocking when you realize how much of your personal experience is determined by the culture in which you are living. The first time I traveled overseas I was a 16-year-old going to Israel for ten weeks. That

I had an opportunity while in Cape Town, South Africa, recently to offer a training to a group of teachers and caregivers at the Novalis Ubuntu Institute. Many of them teach children from a hard lifestyle in a violent community

(From the keynote address at the Cape Town Interfaith Indaba) The interfaith movement calls us to qualities of understanding and compassion for those who practice different faiths. We are called to practice tolerance, and then understanding and appreciation, which allows

All this time We have together Is our shelter from the rain. I will share the weight you carry Let me be your sanctuary. I will share this weight you carry Let me be your sanctuary.  From “Sanctuary,” by Gary

The second of Don Miguel Ruiz’s Four Agreements is “Don’t take anything personally.” He says this about what comes of that practice: There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.  The Dalai

I heard from Moira McDougall in Christchurch, New Zealand, today, reporting on the shootings in two mosques. Moira says this: Dear David! Our city has been badly shaken. Many people are “shell-shocked” and slowly coming to realize that we are

My first book, Becoming a Sun: Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence for a Happy, Fulfilling Life, has just been published in softcover. I saw the first copy on Saturday, March 9, the last day of my 4-day workshop by the same

In our own human experience we can participate in the structure of Reality through thought. Real thinking is the marriage of real thought with the Reality of Love that energizes the creation of anything worthwhile. Thinking a thought without love