small satori at work

"This is an analogy of what often happens in life." We have experiences when the light of day vanishes, leaving us in some dark and desolate midnight - moments when our highest hopes are turned into shambles of despair or when we are the victims of some tragic injustice and some terrible exploitation. During such moments our spirits are almost overcome by gloom and despair, and we feel that there is no light anywhere. But ever and again, we look toward the east and discover that there is another light which shines even in the darkness, and "the spear of frustration" is transformed "into a shaft of light."  This would be an unbearable world were God to have only a single light, but we may be consoled that God has two lights: a light to guide us in the brightness of the day when hopes are fulfilled and circumstances are favorable, and a light that guides us in the darkness of the midnight when we are thwarted and the slumbering giants of gloom and h...

Increasingly I am convinced one of the greatest disasters of our times has been the 'inward' looking feature of modern spiritual teaching. that we have failed in the commons and togetherness is our biggest failing in modern times. any 'solving' of 'problems' need to address the commons and not the individual alone. i am not saying that the individual focus is irrelevant. I am aware the the aspiration of many who learn for instance yoga based courses is to become a yoga teacher, 'i have become an expert, now let me go and teach others' and the same clan perpetuates itself. people when they pay for a course, think that at the end of this, i will become a teacher of a similar course! economy is part of the equation, however, aspiration plays a big role as well. And teachers of spirituality have not directed the aspirations towards commons more often. It requires more closer engagement with whats happening at the common place, it requires the spirituali...