“The whole craft of the new humanity will consist in the secret of listening to your heart consciously, alertly, with full attention. And following it, going wherever it leads you. Yes, sometimes it will lead you into danger—but then remember that those dangers are necessary for your ripening. Sometimes it will lead you astray—but remember […]
“How do we find a holy relationship? Not by asking God to change our partner, but by asking Him to change our thinking… The prayer looks something like this: ‘Dear God, You know and I know that in this area I have more potential for neurosis than in any other. Please take my attraction, my […]
“There are no easy or simple formulas. In our attitude toward everything we experience, we are obliged to feel a certain emptiness and painful ignorance… But if your will is firmly anchored in the good and you are willing to suffer all the suffering when it is not quite certain what is good (and so […]
The story as told by Osho: “A great king had three sons and he wanted to choose one of them as his heir. It was very difficult because all three were very intelligent, very brave. Whom to choose? So he asked a great sage for advice, and the sage gave him an idea… The king […]
Below, I am sharing a definition of love that has profoundly influenced my life. It comes from an American psychiatrist who writes about the connection between psychotherapy and spiritual growth. His name is M. Morgan Scott Peck, and the book is called The Road Less Traveled. This is the author to whom I owe so […]
I recommend this book — Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Recently I received a letter from a friend who wrote to me with great enthusiasm about this book and encouraged me to read it as well. She wrote that once she began reading it, she did not stop all night, […]
“In recent years, it has become popular to ‘set goals.’ Goal setting is a process of focusing the mind on a desired result. It is one more attempt by the mind to make the world do what we want it to do. This is not spiritual surrender. A Course in Miracles makes a distinction between […]
“An emperor called his wise men and asked them to create a ring for him. He wanted an inscription engraved on it that would help him in difficult times and remind him of the transience of good times. The wise men pondered for a long time, and when the beautiful ring was finally ready, it […]
“Dr. N: All right, tell me the most important recognition sign you have to remember from this prep class. P: Melinda’s laugh. Dr. N: Who is Melinda? P: My future wife. Dr. N: What is so memorable about Melinda’s laugh? P: When we meet, her laugh will… sound like little bells… tinkling… I can’t really […]
“First you have to love yourself. Only then will others love you. And you should love yourself so boundlessly, so totally, that not even the smallest particle of self-hatred remains in you. Only then will the grace and love of God become accessible to you.” — Osho “It is widely discussed that we must love […]
Below is an excerpt from the book Spiritual Intelligence by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, which presents the experiences of one of its authors during a UNESCO conference in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. One evening, they were taken to visit the city theater, where: “There were cracks and burn marks on the ceiling. The […]
The Concept of Spiritual Intelligence Spiritual Intelligence is a concept introduced by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, describing it as “the intelligence with which we address and solve problems of meaning and value, the intelligence with which we can place our actions and our lives in a wider, richer, and more meaningful context, the intelligence […]
