I had to respond to the following quote, posted on Facebook: “It is useless to discuss the peace of the world. What is necessary just now is to create peace in ourselves that we, ourselves, become examples of love, harmony and peace. That is the only way of saving the world and ourselves.” – Hazrat…

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A couple of years ago I spent a week at a wonderful meditation retreat in Kansas, and it was really inspiring to see the children meditating. One of them was my young friend Tarak McLain who meditates every day. He is delightful and fun and loves to play like all boys, but he has a…

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The poet John Donne said that no one is an island, but I wonder. The funny thing about islands is that there is more to them than meets the eye. If we look at them jutting up out of the ocean, it is easy to think that they are all separate from one another. But…

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