Did you know that when Einstein gave lectures at the numerous US universities he was invited to, the recurring question that students asked him was: Do you believe in God?And he always answered:I believe in the God of Spinoza. The ones who hadn’t read Spinoza didn’t understand… I hope this gem of history, serves you […]
Feeling with Heart…Pema Chodron The basic view here—of feeling what you feel with heart, with tenderness, with kindness—is that there’s nothing that you or I, or other human beings, can feel that we need to be ashamed of. There’s nothing that we can feel that isn’t worthy of our kindness, that isn’t worthy of our
Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times “Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know…nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps there is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being touched. Maybe the only enemy is that
The Wisdom of Vonnegut By Kurt Vonnegut: “When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig. I was talking to one of the archeologists one day during our lunch break and he asked those kinds of “getting to know you” questions you ask young people: Do you play sports? What’s your
The Magnanimous Wisdom of Pema Chödrön “We are at a time when old systems and ideas are being questioned and falling apart, and there is a great opportunity for something fresh to emerge. I have no idea what that will look like and no preconceptions about how things should turn out, but I do have
Pema Chodron: “Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that’s all that’s happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of
