When it comes to unleashing our fullest potential, fear is the greatest obstacle stunting our growth. Fear is the nagging voice telling us we can’t do something. It’s the sinking feeling warning us that we’re about to make a catastrophic decision. It’s the enemy taunting us, the bully who tells us ... Read More
Spirituality
Love
Love, a common emotion that every human wants in some form—not always romantic, but sometimes just the feeling of support, warmth, and acceptance. We were built for connections, with so many people in the world, how could we ever all fit one picture? How could something as unpredictable as love be ... Read More
Judaism and Recovery
In the interest of full disclosure, I am not Jewish; but having written here previously about aspects of Christian, Buddhist and Taoist spirituality as it impacts issues of addiction and recovery, and given how many members of the Jewish faith there are in the U.S. and the New York area, it only ... Read More
Mindfulness Apps for Recovery
There’s an old story that turns up all over the world that goes something like this: A young man (it’s an old story, so it’s almost always a man) travels miles over rough terrain and endures all kinds of hardships to reach a legendary temple or secret group of great spiritual masters. Often the ... Read More
Another Sober Day
So once again another passing of May. And once again, the passing of another day. A single step is needed to embark on an arduous journey. A single word is needed to start a novel. A single action to spark a revolution. A single moment to weave together a life. Small tasks seem to go ... Read More
The Hierophant
They say Spring is the time of rebirth and new beginnings. No more dreary winter days. Death, cold, darkness. Though for myself I never thought the first weeks of Spring were anything that special, in fact the only thing coming to life are usually my allergies this time of year. I wonder what Winter ... Read More
Unorthodox Meditations
Do you remember your first time? The first time you tried to meditate, I mean. What did you think? I remember mine. I had found an unlikely paperback at my local drugstore, a book called You Forever by someone named T. Lobsang Rampa. I was only about 13 or 14 years old, and had never run across a ... Read More
Imperium
The shackles and chains softly rattle Constraints so quiet yet debilitatingly strong. My soul hums a silent and haunting song, A war cry defenseless and fortified, the internal battle. Thoughts of darkness have colonized my mind, sending armies of doubt to chip away hope. Another wall ... Read More
Building Your Practice from the Ground Up
How are your New Year’s resolutions going? If you’re like most people, you may have to think for a second to remember what they were. There are so many jokes about resolutions because the universal human tendency is to drop them. We now know from scientific research that a lot of that has to do ... Read More
Who Will Love Me
I held a lover once in my hands Love I thought that’d last, untouched by Time’s sands. To be loved by another, was all I thought I ever wished for, Naivety crept in my heart, and I knew soon I’d close the door, For both I and my lover lost the love that once or never bonded us. I had ... Read More