When we feel scared, we want it to go away. And to make it go away, we tend to think we have to do something. Not only is there an inherent restlessness in t...

God walked around in the garden and said,

To believe in rationalism’s ability to say something about ultimate reality, we must believe that our experience exposes us to that reality

I know what haiku

All hail, inner me.

Rumi could say it

It's not what you do.

Hard line of shadow

Something hums. Cars? Wind?

Life is complex.

I'm not a poet content to yearn...

My perception has long been that it’s not considered good manners to say you’re good at something. It gets labeled bragging.

First of all, it’s obvious what love is. Love is a word.

A new page. A blank page. Today...

I think sometimes I need a purpose.

Physics teaches that everything solid is really a wave. We just weren’t made to notice it.

Many intelligent people feel their conclusions about the ultimate bleakness of existence are supported by a scientific vision of the world.

We naturally keep our arms still until we need them to do something for us. We can practice the same thing with our mind.

Poetry is no more one thing than music is.

What works... is to wait for inspiration, to let [things] unfold like a conversation unfolds, to let myself be surprised by what is said.