Category Archives: Lessons

There’s a lot going on in the body that we are unaware of—nerves firing, lungs expanding and contracting, blood moving through arteries, veins, and capillaries. It’s as though these activities have nothing to do with us, that they are happening … Continue reading →

Numbers are the symbolic representations of the relationships that make up reality. Normally, we don’t bother seeing them this way. It is easier to recognize a 2 or to visualize two things than it is to contemplate the nature of two-ness. … Continue reading →

The Five Vows is now available on Amazon in ebook format. The soft-cover edition will be available soon. This book is a compilation of everything I have written on the vows of Humility, Purity, Poverty, Obedience, and Service here on The … Continue reading →

There’s a Hindu parable about four blind men who attempt to describe an elephant: one, touching its leg, says, “The elephant is a pillar.” The second, touching its trunk, says, “The elephant is a thick club.” The third touches its … Continue reading →

by Michael Maciel Learning how to access our own wisdom is more important than learning someone else’s techniques and practices. Doesn’t it make sense that everything we need in order to grow spiritually is already right at our fingertips? Here are eight spiritual tools … Continue reading →

It takes a certain kind of person who can be blown away by the Mystery of God and who at the same time can be in love with solving that Mystery. It’s not that we can ever know everything there … Continue reading →

Three million miles is a lot. That’s how much closer we are to the sun at this otherwise “darkest” time of the year. Is it any wonder that our inner lights are amped up, shining brighter than in any other … Continue reading →

Mary surrendered to God. All she wanted to do was to live long enough to see the Messiah. Material possessions meant nothing to her, because all of her desire was focused on seeing God. She was the empty chalice into … Continue reading →

by Michael Maciel Christianity, like Buddhism, is a world religion, not an ethnic one. We do not automatically become Christian simply because our parents are Christian. Hinduism and Judaism are ethnic religions. To be a Jew, for instance, one has … Continue reading →

by Michael Maciel Buddhism and Christianity mirror each other in many ways. And why not? Hinduism was around for 2,500 years before Christianity, and Buddhism sprang from Hinduism just as Christianity sprang from Judaism. It doesn’t take a lot of … Continue reading →