Reclaiming Spiritual Wholeness

Despite core teachings of love and nonviolence, in both Eastern and Western scriptures, story after story and commandment after commandment idealize the infliction or suffering of pain.

Gravity and Allurement

What is the force that makes the moon want to be with the Earth, and the Earth want to be with the Sun? You could call it gravity, but that is such a grave term for allurement. We might as well call it Love.

The Descent to Soul

What we have lost, in particular, is the journey of soul initiation — a psycho-spiritual undertaking that connects us in the most profound way to both the Earth community and the source of our deepest humanity.

Sacramental Conversation

Our mutual destiny expresses itself most directly through human meeting and conversation. It is, after all, through relationship that we are born, learn language, become part of the human community and discover who we are.

Awakening to Life

Can we wake up in time to appreciate our collective identity and participate in something greater than our fixed selves?

Vow of 120,000 Actions

When we make a vow, no matter the intention behind it, we’re doing so with the full strength of our will, rather than being half-hearted.