Jan 11, 2010
#25 January 11, 2010 What if what the sages say is true? What if it’s true that all you need is love? What if it’s true that the essence of all of creation is joy? Is there a way you can test it? Yes. Assume, for a little while at least, that it is true,...
Jan 19, 2010
#26 January 19, 2010 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “We are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us. [This new way is] an all-embracing and unconditional love for all mankind. This oft-misunderstood, this...
Jan 26, 2010
#27 January 26, 2010 It was not easy for me to write, two weeks ago: “assume that when you are not experiencing joy it’s because you placed a dam in the stream of love.” I thought of all the people I know who have suffered much. How dare I suggest...
Feb 2, 2010
#28 February 2, 2010 A reader sent me the lyrics to an old Frank Sinatra song: Once there was a silly old ram Thought he’d punch a hole in a dam No one could make that ram, scram He kept buttin’ that dam. ‘Cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes...
Feb 16, 2010
#29 February 16, 2010 There is nothing for you to be against. There is plenty for you to be for — including yourself.
Feb 22, 2010
#30 February 22, 2010 What does it mean to be open-hearted? How does it feel? Can you feel it in your body, in your own physical heart? Describe that physical feeling. Describe it out loud. Describe it now. What are you if you’re not open-hearted? Fearful?...