by Bill Walz “Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By love alone is hatred appeased” – Buddha We live in deeply troubled times. America seems to be torn apart by a division that has the “Right” and the “Left” of our political spectrum pulled so far apartContinue Reading
Synonyms for the word “normal” are: usual, common, standard and typical. In medicine, “normal” is the standard of care, and it means a person is sufficiently free of pathology and symptoms to function within the “normal” range and people do not usually seek care unless they are falling below thisContinue Reading
“The brain speaks through words; the heart in the glance of the eyes; and the soul through a radiance that charges the atmosphere, magnetizing all.” — Hazrat Inayat Khan (founder of The Sufi Order in the West in 1914) Sometimes, as a way to cut through all intellectualization, I say:Continue Reading
by Bill Walz “As you are aware of your thoughts and emotions, you must ask yourself, who is it that is aware?” ~ Zen koan Thoughts and emotions arise. The human mind is a thought-producing machine. Emotions happen. The human body is a resonance chamber for the energy of thoughtsContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “One way to evaluate our practice is to see whether life is more and more OK with us… More and more we know that whatever happens, however much we hate it, however much we have to struggle with it – in some way, it’s OK… We growContinue Reading
by Bill Walz Looking up into the sky, we see a constantly changing vista. Some days, the sky is clear blue, or at night, blue/black and star-filled from horizon to horizon. More often, there will be formations and layers of clouds, drifting and changing. Some days, there is no clearContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “The collective egoic mind is the most dangerously insane and destructive entity ever to inhabit this planet. What do you think will happen on this planet if human consciousness remains unchanged?” ~ Eckhart Tolle In 1966, Alan Watts, the great British-born American-transplant, San Francisco-beat-guru, imp-genius Orientalist philosopherContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Forgive them; they know not what they do.” ~ Jesus There is a story about the Dalai Lama in which he is asked whether he hates the Chinese. His answer was, to paraphrase, that since the Chinese had taken his homeland and his people from him, “shouldContinue Reading
by Bill Walz Unless and until you access the consciousness frequency of presence, all relationships, and particularly intimate relationships, are deeply flawed and ultimately dysfunctional. ~ Eckhart Tolle The most important thing to say about relationship is that all there is is relationship. And with that, in line withContinue Reading
