Rumi says that, when we judge others, that we are just “polishing the mirror”.  In other words,  something that we feel is less than divine in ourselves is being reflected back to us. Recognizing this phenomenon is a useful tool in discovering and rooting out unskillful parts of our personality, as well as self-judgment, and […]

  If thousands of scientists are to be believed, the earth is headed for major environmental catastrophe and humanity with it. Some would say we are already in the midst of this event. Reefs are dying, fires are reaching unheard of proportions, hurricanes are becoming super storms, tornados are sometimes more than a  mile wide. […]

“May you live in interesting times ” goes the ancient Chinese curse.  For many people, things seem to be spinning into a new chaos where civility, kindness and the truth are no longer valued and have been replaced with avarice, and greed and self dealing at the highest levels of society and government.  Interesting times, […]