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There are billions of people on our planet, and yet, amazingly, each one of us has a completely different mind with exclusive thoughts, feelings, likes and dislikes. One may desire to be an astronaut and walk on the moon, another a caregiver helping the elderly, another gets lost in the world of delusion or depression.
This mind is able to grasp the most complicated technical theories or create beautiful works of art, yet it can just as easily be distracted by meaningless trivia or get painfully addicted to heroin. Have you ever wondered about your own mind? How it can move so quickly from feeling good to despair, from clarity to utter confusion, and all in just a moment?
In yoga and meditation we teach to quiet the mind, to sink into a quiet inner spaciousness free of the normal babble and dramas. Some find this hard to do, as, like a monkey, the mind is used to running amok and having its own

What purpose does forgiving serve? And how do you forgive? The “how” was what I asked myself some 16 years ago, as I went into my divorce feeling emotionally distraught.
We are well-educated in acquisition: Gaining knowledge and qualifications, getting a good job, finding a lifetime partner for marriage, buying a home, cars and extraordinary technological inventions to make our lives more comfortable and enjoyable. Our place in the world often revolves around what we are seen to have. Our beliefs support this reality. We look good and therefore we are

A few weeks ago I listened to a radio interview with Michael Beckwith, author of “Spiritual Liberation,” and he said, “A bad day for the ego is a good day for the soul.” When I heard this I laughed out loud. The wisdom of his statement resonated with me deeply. I thought about a number of experiences in my life which have been quite “bad” for my ego (i.e., embarrassing, disappointing or even painful), but in hindsight have been great for my own growth and development.
Over this past week, I’ve had two specific situations, one in the middle of a seminar with one of my clients and another in a personal conversation, where I felt embarrassed — things didn’t turn out at all how I wanted them to and it seemed like I messed up. As I experienced these situations and have been reflecting on them, although I didn’t like how they unfolded, I recognize that the discomfort involved in both instances was about me protecting my ego (in other words — wanting to look good or at least not to look bad).
In retrospect, I’m grateful that both of these things happened exactly as they

We live in an iWorld. Surrounded by iPhones, iPads, MYspace, YOUtube, the focus is clear: Me, my, I. One need not look far to see this obsession with the self. In order to sell, advertisers must appeal to the

CBS and Warner Brothers have basically fired Charlie Sheen from Two and a Half Men. In fact, I’d be surprised if the show ever produces a new episode again. The entire situation is a mess for all concerned and the best remedy would be to close down production for good.
I’ve created network shows and I’ve taken over hit network shows from Executive Producers who’ve lost control of the situation. In the best of times when one creates a hit television series, the Creator/Executive Producer has two years tops as the undisputed creative head of the

I recently returned from a week-long tour in Europe. In the following video from a seminar in London, I speak about my own interpretation of the traditional Bodhisattva vow and how this important spiritual commitment is recontextualized within an evolutionary worldview.
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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. — Anais Nin
In the streets of Cairo today, the collective human drama and the personal human story of the Anais Nin quote are being played out in front of the world.
The uprising in Egypt is a result of decades of repression of people’s basic human rights and freedoms living under the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak’s show has had a long run on Broadway, but it looks like the final curtain is about to

I have been a teacher of enlightenment for almost 25 years. When I first began to teach, I used to think enlightenment was simply a profound and transformative spiritual experience. But I soon found out that, for most of us, that is not enough. The experiences we have — even the most profound moments of ecstatic revelation — are not necessarily what liberate us, transform us, or even bring us

The ego is getting a bad reputation.
There seems to be a popular conception in some spiritual circles that the ego must be battled — that it is inherently destructive. At a seminar that I attended several years ago, which offered a lot of very effective and applicable guidance, the instructor told the attendees to visualize the abusive voice of ego as a snarling, slimy creature that creeps in the darkness. He said to imagine holding a ray gun that shoots pure light, zapping the creature and driving it out. “Say, ‘Take that!’” the instructor urged, “and tell it that if it ever comes back you’ll zap it again.” In a recent interview with a well-known spiritual teacher, when asked if there is anything good about the ego, he flatly said,