“Keep your mouth shut; guard the senses; and life is ever full. Open your mouth; always be busy; and life is beyond hope.” Lao Tzu No wonder the world seems drained of hope lately! What… Read more

上善若水 The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. Tao te Ching  … the sun rises on the evil and the good; rain falls on the just and the unjust.… Read more

Why do the five colors dull the eye? They artificially limit your expectations. There is a demonstration  of this currently in Tony  Robbins’ conferences, where he asks the group to look at all the red… Read more

Even though the Tao te Ching asks if we think we can do a better job weaving the time and space for the universe, I couldn’t help but wonder aloud to my teacher if we… Read more

i do not shy from holy glory i need to know how to look upon it i bow to her, she bows to me, in a whirly gig of heaven and shit.  Read more

 The beginning of this year coincided with a relocation — a temple home was badly needed, for a long time! Funny thing is, it appeared when I had resigned myself to wait as long as… Read more

“The spirit that never dies is called the Mysterious Feminine. Although she becmes the wholel universe, her immaculate purity is never lost.  Although she assumes countless forms, her true identity remains intact. The gateway to… Read more

There has been a pattern I’ve noticed, while reviewing many experiences lately. I call it The Gap. There is, for instance, a gap between our synapses, where a flood of molecules make the leap, mill… Read more

There was a move, a couple separations, a few adoptions, lots of fixing and adapting – but the Sound Temple is underway. Soon sound baths will be ringing throughout the Olympic hills, and even livestreamed… Read more

Are you as excited for the Year of the Dragon as I am? It has been 12 years since 2012, and it seems somehow significant that we are back here, halfway through the procession. Personally,… Read more

With the greatest leader above them, people barely know one exists. Next comes one whom they love and praise. Next comes one whom they fear. Next comes one whom they despise and defy. When the… Read more