Attuned to Soul

“Until a few years ago I had spent the greater part of my time in a more or less covert struggle with life. However well things were going, I often felt that something was not quite right. Either I didn’t want what turned up in quite the form it appeared, or I wanted something else … Continue reading Drop the Struggle

“You ask whether your verses are any good. You ask me. You have asked others before this. You send them to magazines. You compare them with other poems...I beg you to stop doing that sort of thing. You are looking outside, and that is what you should most avoid right now... There is only one … Continue reading A Path with Heart

“Abbot Lot came to Abbot Joseph and said: Father, according as I am able, I keep my little rule, and my little fast, my prayer, meditations and contemplative silence; and according as I am able I strive to cleanse my heart of thoughts: now what more should I do? The elder rose up in reply … Continue reading On Fire

“No one knows what we’re doing here. Some have faith that they do, but no one knows. So we are scared. We are alone. And we end. And we don’t know where we go. So we cling to money for comfort. And we chase awards for immortality. And we hide in the routine of our … Continue reading Love and Laugh