Parents sometimes ask me how they can impart this teaching to their children. Don Miguel has often been asked the same question. Every spiritual teacher has been asked something like it, many, many times. How soon can I teach this…
Parents sometimes ask me how they can impart this teaching to their children. Don Miguel has often been asked the same question. Every spiritual teacher has been asked something like it, many, many times. How soon can I teach this…
Many years ago, I had a friend who was a big part of my life and my family’s life. One day, however, she decided not to be my friend anymore. The reason she me gave was confusing at the time.…
A friend once spoke to me about constantly having to push a certain memory away, because it caused him so much emotional pain. He wanted to run from the memory, or deny it. Pushing it away was a full time…
Rumi, the Sufi poet, once told a story about a guy who worked for years as a tanner. His job was to soften rawhide, using manure to turn it into fine leather. So, he breathed in the stink of manure…
I’ve been giving some thought lately to where we can go when we’re not “allowed” to go anywhere. You could say this is the same message you’ve heard me deliver before, but how can any of us resist a good…
by Barbara Emrys We’ve come to the end-of-year holidays again. You could say, “Oh, boy, but this year is different…how do we meet social obligations?…travel is so challenging…the fun is already ruined.” You could say those things, and maybe you’d…
by Barbara Emrys This morning, while I was sitting at an outdoor café, I heard a baby saying “blah-blah-blah!” loudly and clearly. “Blah-blah-blah!” Just like that. Her dad was talking to another dad, and “blah-blah-blah!” was what she heard them…
by Barbara Emrys In a time when it should be easy to come up with topics to write about, I can’t decide on any single one. Maybe there’s just too much going on these days. There’s a deep and growing…
by Barbara Emrys Hello again! Here we are at summer’s end, caught in the current of an approaching autumn. Maybe your routine has already changed and you’re totally preoccupied with school, career, and the future. Or, after so many months…