The Heart Sutra
We often talk about the heart as a soft, romantic, feminine thing. But the heart is a great androgyne: capable of the most sumptuous expression of love and the most precise truth-telling. Between the wisdom of love and the work
The Anahita
To ask the Divine for a car is no trouble at all, so long as you're willing to be a good driver. To ask the Divine for a family is no problem, so long as you're wiling to become a good parent. To ask
The Wisdom of Love
Over and over again, we pass through the trials of life looking for soft places to lay our weary heads, without once stopping to ask if the difficulty is the softest place to land. Perhaps this cavern, just beneath our deepest
Tougher Skin
Spending years trying to prove myself as someone with "tough" skin actually made me weaker. I found myself in relationships with all kinds of fantastic assholes. People who kept telling me to toughen up, Take it on the chin, Stand up and fight. And sure,
Happy MahaShrivtri
May the divine power of Lord Shiva bless you with strength, wisdom, and courage to face every challenge in life.
The spirit that eats the living
You've been hurt. Life hurt you. Past experiences have hardened your heart. But, one day you learned that you can leverage a bad experience to succeed and achieve things. As you get smarter and stronger, life's trials become too easy to
Sit in the Water
You’re shrinking and sabotaging because the water’s too hot. It’s uncomfortable to: endure the emotional hardship, work out the kinks while others are watching, admit your fragilities, own your strengths, be open to criticism, be ready to receive admiration. You’re also probably just
Open Stories
There’s a soft chuckle sitting in the back of my throat while I’m reflecting on all the profoundly exotic ways I’ve been betrayed in my life. Yes, I mean to say exotic exactly because there’s no way to describe the
The Warrior and the Master
The field warrior reacts. The Shaolin Master responds. By now, we’ve all heard that we should respond, not react. Yet, there are different levels of response. Everyone has a specific way of meeting challenges that is best for them. The people who
