“What we bring to the table” is a phrase I use often. It means what and how we feel, think, express, and act in any given situation. In The Art of War, Sun Tzu instructs us to: Know yourself. Know the terrain. Know your opponent. But most of us only know and can speak to the terrain and the opponent. …
Speak the Truth, Don’t Get Angry, Part One….
Baba used to tell the story of Dronacharya and Yudhisthira. Dronacharya was the teacher to the Pandavas. One day, Dronacharya told his students, “Speak the truth, don’t get angry. I want you to go home, learn this, and come back.” The next day, everyone came back, and each one could recite the statement except for Yudhisthira, who said, “I understand …
The Vibration of the World….
For the last three years I have been warning everyone that we are heading toward a time of fear, anger and hate. We are here. The way out for us is to see the composite vibration of fear, anger and hate within ourselves and understand how it runs our life. Then we are to be with that vibration, let whatever …
Guest Blog by David Soud: Anger Is a Drug….
Reflecting on the nature of joy, the poet William Butler Yeats once wrote that he experienced it only when he let go of hate and anger. “I think the common condition of our life is hatred,” he set down. “I know that this is so with me.” His acceptance of his own hate and anger sounds so simple, so matter-of-fact, …
Dealing with Conflict….
Conflict Harmony Engagement Complacency/ inertia/passivity Whether we live in community or alone, we all face conflict. It comes in countless different shapes, sizes and styles. And since the world is here to help each of us remove ignorance, we each have conflict in forms designed specifically for our benefit. The root of our word “conflict” is the Latin …