There is a reason why topics like religion and politics are taboo for most informal gatherings where people have just met each other: you simply don’t know one another’s history. A subject that could be a passing fancy for one … Continue reading →

I took at look at my Web report today, and I know that there are a lot of people from all around this great, vast world of ours who visit this blog (and trust me, I know you are actual … Continue reading →

Lying on the table at my acupuncturist’s office Friday afternoon, I closed my eyes and started to “find” my breath — this is what I do anytime I prepare to meditate. Find the breath, I tell myself, and find your … Continue reading →

Standing on one of downtown Washington’s busiest street corners this afternoon, everything suddenly came into focus. In front of me, one of the world’s most powerful law firms, stationed comfortably inside a gleaming building of glass, concrete and steel. Behind … Continue reading →

This item, written by Christian author Norman Vincent Peale and e-mailed to me today by Lama Surya Das on his Weekly Words of Wisdom post, could have easily been taken from the writings of Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh: … Continue reading →