Zuihitsu
Marjorie Spalding was the elderly lady who a long time ago taught me so much. And this, I believe, was her most important teaching...
"A tough mind and a tender heart." A good depiction of the True Therapist.
Our deepest suffering is our despair at the perceived impossibility of bringing together who we know we should be ("good") and who we believe we are ("bad"). To relieve our suffering, all we need do is...
I believe if a person could spend his whole waking life aware of his hara – as is taught in some Eastern religions – his life would be so different.
The ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius stated that love is as basic to our nature as it is the nature of water to flow downhill.
The ideal healing situation:
The healer channels Healing Energy for the sufferer who himself channels It for the healer.
The only difference between them is that it’s the healer who initiates the mutuality.
“If you want to find God, serve man.” – Swami Vivekananda
We are born to be altruistic: to help, to heal – to love.
For then we are as the God we are.
“If you want to find God, serve man.” — Swami Vivekananda
Every action epiphanic, when offered as service.