Bring to the World the Peace of You     “[S]ince wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed . . .”— The Constitution of UNESCO, signed on 16 November 1945 Though the convention of using...

The Opposite of Happiness It’s understandably likelyThat most of us consider sadnessTo be the opposite of happiness. And accordingly, innocently,As we learned to do early on,We mistake preferable feeling-statesAnd pleasant bodily sensationsFor happiness itself. Therefore, happiness seems both attainable and elusive. And we are forever seekingTo acquire or enhance these...

Old News For (perhaps) New Readers The root of all upset and suffering is the belief that we are puny separate selves, lodged in a physical body, powered by the incessant thoughts of our personal minds, and living at the effect of an “outside world” filled with independent things, people,...

BREAKING NEWS! Your current circumstances, no matter how severe or intense, can never touch the truth of who you are. Who you truly are is the boundless context in which all the content of experience – thoughts, activities, circumstances, images, smells, tastes, other sensations of the body, and all your...