The Avatar The movie, the ‘Avatar’, inspired me to explain the nature of spirit and the spiritual path in a very simple way. It is my experience that without understanding what is spirit you will not be able to recognize or realize it when it when you find it. You need to understand what you [...]

Dear all, I know some of you are considering attending the upcoming New Dharma’s Silent Retreat.  Now that the reality of cost and time are before you the usually considerations are coming up for people. The question is “why do this?” What we are in essence is the Sat. the “Truth” or that which “Real”. [...]

This is the first time I have felt to share with you something from this trip to India. Terry, Sasha and Satyapriti have joined me on what may be an annual pilgrimage to this land of saints and seers. This was my home for six years and in some ways will always be my spiritual [...]

I encountered this term while studying the Buddhist’s teachings. I feel it is an important concept to understand. What does taking refuge mean? In the Buddhist tradition it means to commit oneself sincerely to one’s teacher, his teachings (and practices) and the community of fellow seekers. They tell us the benefits of doing so are [...]

There seems to be confusion among spiritual seekers about what the spiritual path is all about. So let us get back to basics. The purpose of the spiritual path is liberation. All of humanity is striving for freedom from fear and suffering for themselves and others. They strive to improve their material, social, political, economic [...]