“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder – a secret order.” – Carl Jung Many times in life when we come to a fork in the road, we have two options: evolve or repeat. We can stay the course, remain unchanged, and continue subscribing to the status quo, or we can make […]
“Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is Christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not melioration. For every thing that is given something is taken.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson In […]
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen Society was destabilizing and disintegrating in front of our eyes. The severely cracked foundation that America was built on had crumbled to dust and was laid bare for us to see. Our unemployment, student loan, welfare, health insurance, and housing […]
Embodying loving kindness is a conscious decision that must be made every moment. Simply reducing the pace at which we trudge through life allows us to listen and treat each other with loving kindness. We live fast and speak fast, but often forget to listen. Negativity, hatred, anger, and misery are automatic, but being positive […]
“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature.” – Joseph Campbell The coronavirus led to the conclusion of life as we knew it. School, work, celebrations, eating at restaurants, going to movie theaters, and many more aspects of daily life came to […]
“All human evil comes from a single cause, man’s inability to sit still in a room.” – Blaise Pascal During the pandemic, people were thrust into awareness. No matter what you did, you couldn’t hide from the virus. You couldn’t not acknowledge the devastation. It was all around. It was inescapable: bars were closed, […]
“We suffer because we forget our belonging to one another” – Mother Teresa The Buddha teaches us that there is suffering. Most suffering we create when we attach our being to our form. We suffer when we build our sense of self on a perceived meaning, our form, or our identity. We suffer when we […]
“How can we say we’re separate from the very atmosphere that we breathe?” – Roshi Joan Halifax The coronavirus was transmitted through respiratory droplets (ie: sneezing, coughing, shouting, breathing, etc.). When there is no treatment or vaccine, the only option to reduce transmission is to have people physically distance. This is when people distance themselves […]
“Egotism is that certain something that enables a man in a rut, to think he is in the groove.” – Author Unknown If you find yourself here and have skipped the Introduction, I implore you to go back and read it. It is not full of flowering generalities, but rather it is vital in setting […]
“Finding beauty in a broken world, is creating beauty in the world we find.” – Terry Tempest Williams The year 2020 could be described as a pivotal moment in history for Americans. The country was already suffering from racial tensions, unequal healthcare access, economic hardships, and extreme political polarity. Once coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) hit the shores […]