In our human lives, experiencing this kind of profound emptiness means that like a candle flame gets blown out, our separateness and suffering are blown out.
Lys Anzia | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver
Menchú Tum’s journey has been haunted by a lifelong quest for peace for humanity and advocacy for the Maya with empowerment for all global indigenous people.
Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
Our kids say the "most beautiful things, the most relevant things, the most useful things" in helping us return to the heart's wisdom. Our children have much they wish we knew.
Natasha Dern | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
In society, we are taught from a young age to grow up and be the perfect woman. We are expected to do it all and if we can't do it all, there is something wrong with us.
Jim Selman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
What if wisdom has more to do with 'giving up' our beliefs and attachments than 'getting' more insights or having 'more, better and different' of whatever we think is important?
Natasha Dern | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
As more and more people mastered New Age terminology, frivolous concepts entered the marketplace -- becoming the opium of choice for escaping the realities of daily life.
Isha Judd | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
Lies are self-abandonment. They are a place where we avoid showing ourselves exactly as we are, and so ultimately they come from fear.
Anne Naylor | Posted 10.25.2009 | Living
We are designed for giving. When we do so, our lives come into a certain order, even and especially when things seem so chaotic and uncertain.
Margarita Alarcon | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
If there is one thing Americans have to be very proud of is their wit. The fact that the American sense of humor knows no bounds is indisputably an ab...
Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
I went to a memorial service yesterday for a friend's mother who died at 99. It was full of some 50+ people who knew this extraordinary woman - an ordinary mom who revealed the extraordinary in everyday life.
Tom Morris | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media
Wisdom crops up in a surprising way on Twitter. I call the phenomenon, "Twisdom."
David Murray | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago
In the first conversation I had with Studs Terkel I mentioned I was friends with Ed Reardon. "How do you know Ed Reardon?" he demanded.
Julia Moulden | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living
Is thinking about wisdom part of getting older? Lately, I've been wondering what wisdom is. Here's how my dictionary defines it, "Understanding what...
Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living
Cut the garbage, be direct, speak the truth, and be clear about what you are coming from and what you are saying.
Jim Selman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living
Learning to die is really learning to live. It is 'letting go' of the past and the future and allowing ourselves to experience the serenity of just being alive.
Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living
Speaking aloud in a loving voice, say "hi" to your inner child and let him know that you'd like to have a talk. Be still.
Jim Selman | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living
According to The Economist's report on aging, one in three Americans will be over 60 in the next 11 years. The impact of this number of older people on public spending will be unprecedented.
Julia Moulden | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living
For years, I've been collecting great quotes. They're words to live by. And they're invaluable to a speechwriter like me.
Jim Selman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living
Building practices for communication and coordination across the generational divide is essential if we are to create a common vision of what is possible and begin to co-create the future that we all want.
Anne Naylor | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living
Recently I watched an interview with Brad Pitt. He struck me as being modest about his achievements and the media accolades being given to him, both a...
Tom Morris | Posted 06.18.2009 | Home
The wisest people who have ever thought about positive achievement have left us bits and pieces of powerful advice for attaining true success in anything we do.
Jim Selman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living
I have become like so many of us -- a spectator watching war with about the same degree of engagement as I might watch a football game.
Soren Gordhamer | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business
Zappos focuses on supporting individual expression and the internal happiness of each employee.
Jim Selman | Posted 05.15.2009 | Living
Many young people are learning to be more flexible, to live more in the moment, and to be more creative and less "attached" to their plans than generations who grew up in other times.
Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living