Aleph by Paolo Coelho

Thou knowest all – I cannot see. I trust I shall not live in vain, I know that we shall meet again In some divine eternity. – Oscar Wilde, “The True Knowledge” I’ve been trying all my life to find out what my limits are and have never reached them yet. But then my universe doesn’t [...]

Loving Prayer from Aleph by Paolo Coelho

I will be capable of loving, regardless of whether I am loved in return, Of giving, even when I have nothing, Of working happily, even in the midst of difficulties, Of holding out my hand, even when utterly alone and abandoned, Of drying my tears, even while I weep, Of believing, even when no one [...]

For One More Day by Mitch Albom

Of course, when you’re young, you nest in your parents’ plan, not your own. A child embarrassed by his mother is just a child who hasn’t lived long enough. There are many things in my life that I wish I could take back. Many moments I would recast. A child should never have to choose. [...]

Inspirations by Paulo Coelho

[Jorge Luis] Borges starts his talk by saying how the ancients did not revere the book – the written word – as we do. Rather, they saw in the written words a sort of imprisonment of the spirit, of oral teachings. Indeed, to write a message down transforms it: it becomes visible, palpable and no [...]

Zen Stories: the Staff and Shout of the Venerable Ones

What is Zen? 不立文学，教外别传，直指人心，见性成佛。 Not reliant on written word A special transmission separate from the scriptures Direct pointing at one’s mind, seeing one’s nature, becoming the Buddha Fish forget that they live in lakes and rivers; people forget that they live in the magic of the Dao. – Confucius If one engages in self-cultivation with [...]

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Morrie’s questions: Tell me something close to your heart. Tell me something about your faith. Have you found someone to share your heart with? Are you at peace with yourself? Life is a series of pulls back and forth… A tension of opposite, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live [...]

By the River Piedra I Sat Down & Wept by Paulo Coelho

Rarely do we realize that we are in the midst of the extraordinary. Miracles occur all around us, signs from God show us the way, angels plead to be heard, but we pay little attention to them because we have been taught that we must follow certain formulas and rules if we want to find [...]

Speech in By the River Piedra I Sat Down & Wept

You have to take risks, he said. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. Every day, God gives us the sun — and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that we [...]

Serpent of Light: Beyond 2012 by Drunvalo Melchizedek

God is within you and all around you. – St. Thomas, Gospel of the Christ The truth is still the truth no matter how much man distorts it. Mankind long ago lived not from the mind, but the heart. It was dreaming that created the world, but now it is thinking that is shaping our [...]

Excerpt from The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz

A Toltec is an artist of Love, an artist of the Spirit, someone who is creating every moment, every second, the most beautiful art – the Art of Dreaming. Life is nothing but a dream, and if we are artists, then we can create our life with Love, and our dream becomes a masterpiece of [...]