Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It is a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the...
“Each of our feelings or attitudes, no matter how negative, can evoke compassion and lead to transformation. We then joyfully realize how every negative experience has...
Clinical anxiety and depression (“A&D”) are often terrifying experiences, especially when we don’t know what’s happening to us and don’t have support. An overview and relatively...
Rumi said: “Your task is not to seek love but to find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” That was a...
"If we can't befriend our grief, we can't as truly and deeply embody joy or gratitude and the capacity to love in integrated fashion. Love, then,...
We overcome shame by noticing and admitting our dynamics, processing hurt feelings, thinking differently to gain positive new perspectives, and acting in ways that build resources...
So the crutch of relationship can be a gateway, and the pain of love can be what secretly comes to save us. This is why the...
"So, we see that envy can be a help, a welcome guide to fulfillment, what the Greeks called a daemon. And envy can also be turned...
"Contrast a rich inner life to what is commonly valued as a rich outer life. On the material plane, wealth is often measured by the quantity...
