You yourself, as much as anybody in the entireuniverse, deserve your love and affection.                                                                                     - - The Buddha A woman was in a forest, gathering herbs, when she heard a magical sound. It was...

Some years back, I was in a meeting with Magic Johnson to discuss a book he wanted to write. He told me he’d had two ambitions in his life. Basketball and business. He had accomplished the first one and become a champion. Over and over. Now he wanted to write about...

The following is a true story. It’s my first memory. I was five years old and I dreamt I was in the kitchen of my childhood home, sitting on the floor, staring at my white baby shoes with white laces. I heard a deafening roar. A huge lion was pacing at the other side...

In 1998, I began my serious writing career. I had been writing for many years, for as long backas I could remember, but turning that into a career was a challenge. I had written my first book, “Awakening the Healer Within” for Simon & Schuster, when I was asked to...

“Peace is not something we wait for. It’s something we practice.”                                                  . . . Bhikkhu Paññākāra This is the third blog I’ve dedicated to the nineteen venerable monks who have walked for peace withhumility and compassion. They...

In the late eighties, I did volunteer work for AIDS patients and one of the trials people went through in their last days was their difficulty to ask for help and to receive it graciously.    The late Stephen Levine said, “What the world needs is more good receivers.”...