Mist on a Breeze #15 Move in circles, you see, that’s how we go.We live and love until we finally know. Move in circles, one day it all must end,With open eyes, we’ll go ‘round again. Move in circles, yes, life goes ‘round and ‘round,Searching for a secret rarely found. Move in circles, just like …
Spirit, Matter and Soul
THE WORLD’S GREAT SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS ALL AGREE, with a few exceptions, that the material world is at least unreal, if not fundamentally false and evil. To state the case in overly simplistic generalizations, the spiritual is exalted over the material in Buddhism, in most Hindu traditions, in Daoist spirituality, in Christian theological and mystical traditions, …
Now Is a Good Time to Begin Healing
ALTHOUGH THE NEW YEAR BEGINS ON AN ARBITRARILY CHOSEN DAY IN TIME, the possibility for renewal a new year offers is both real and important. A new beginning is always a good time to begin to heal. Healing, however, is not the same as curing. Where curing an illness is a bio-medical procedure, healing is …
When Thoughtlessness Is a Good Thing
USUALLY, WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, “YOU’RE SO THOUGHTLESS!” IT MEANS you’ve done something wrong, something about which you should feel shame; but it’s not always so. Recently, I’ve been re-reading Brian Walker’s rendition of the Hua Hu Ching (now spelled Huahujing), a Daoist text attributed to Laozi, which had been preserved only through oral tradition for …
Gone Beyond and Back – Perfect Wisdom
The Heart Sutra pushes wisdom into transcendence, but then brings it back into compassion. That's why it's the Perfection of Wisdom, the bodhisattva path.
Mist on a Breeze #1
You and menot-beingPerfect as isNot-you, not-mebeingPerfect as is—R. Neuwoehner Mist on a Breeze, Words in Mind – a periodic series of quotes and insights
Living the Questions
Lurking in the background, behind our everyday concerns, are those “big questions” about the meaning of it all. Who am I? Who are you? Where do we live? What lies ahead? What are we supposed to be doing? Answers to these deeply human questions are offered by our wisdom traditions, by our spiritual giants, and …
Soul Spirit Wisdom 