My Web Journals

Portiuncula, Illinois They say, “Come to the woods, for here is rest.” And this is my destination: Portiuncula, the Center of Prayer, Illinois. The woods hold a hypnotic silence. In this silence, without objects, humans, stimulation, excitement, and attraction, the...

The Symbol of the Labyrinth Labyrinths are archetypes, divine imprints found across all religions. Unlike mazes, theyhave only one path. There are no tricks, no dead ends. The winding path becomes amirror, gently reflecting where we are in our lives. It touches our...

In the last 10 days, I surrendered my mobile, my book, my pen and paper and I spent 10 days in a retreat with a group of 35 people. A silence retreat where we avoid any form of eye contact, and any form of interaction or communication. Here is my in-the-silence...

What is your judgment about money?Where did you learn it from? We have an invisible relationship with money, and it is unseen because we simply do not call it or recognize it as a relationship. When we start perceiving that we have a relationship with money, we become...

Are there particular tasks where you find strong resistance to getting started? Are some projects just lingering on your to-do list? I had committed to writing a blog every month, and I did write for a while until I had to interrupt my commitment for more than 6...

As we go through a challenging situation and are afraid that life will turn in an unwanted direction; we will start to rationalize, plan, react, try to gain control over the situation, and influence the issue in our favor. We are driven to choose, decide and act based...

  We all experience happiness, and feel joyful sometimes, but have you ever experienced everlasting joy? A joy that is without limit. Honestly, I cannot conceive what limitless joy is like. I could comprehend enormous joy, abundant joy, superior joy, but Joy with...

  At any moment in our life, we are either acting from fear or acting from love, our thoughts and emotions are either coming from fear or from love. We are always moving into a path of fear or a path of love, these two paths are not always clear and are disguised...