明�珠在�掌 Treasure is already in the palm of your hand
Spent a day in self reflection (自己対話) in a beautiful old house in downtown Tokyo. We started with a tea ceremony, instilling a sense of...
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Apr 11, 20182 min read
"Sanctuary and Japanese Sakura"
It was spring, and the cherry blossoms around our home on the island of Shikoku were in full bloom. One afternoon I wandered around...
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Apr 9, 20182 min read
Heartfulness in the Space Between Things
For folks wanting to connect with what I'm doing, there is a podcast of my interview with Contemplify, a series that "kindle the examined...
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Apr 5, 20183 min read
Coming to the U.S.A.
We came to the U.S. on this day many years ago. Entering was easy because we were with our American father, and he had made all of us...
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Mar 29, 20182 min read
Indigenous Healing Psychology & Heartfulness
In February I journeyed north to Arcata, California to spend a short time with Dr. Virgil Moorehead and his Native community. I was...
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Mar 23, 20183 min read
Japanese Tea with Robert E. Lee
Life sure is strange. So there I was talking in a church with the statue of Robert E. Lee behind me. The same Robert. E. Lee whose statue...
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Mar 20, 20182 min read
Who Needs Heartfulness?
Today is the Vernal Equinox, the first day of spring, and though a few copies trickled out early, this is the auspicious official...
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Mar 11, 20182 min read
Healing Haiku in Hard Times
Today we commemorate the seventh anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that swept away so many lives and traumatized so many others...
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Mar 8, 20186 min read
Why Heartfulness?
This excerpt from the book is in today's Daily Good: March 8, 2018. http://www.dailygood.org/ Heartfulness describes a way of being in...
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Mar 6, 20182 min read
Celtic Wisdom Connections
I once imagined myself as the Celtic Samurai. Not sure what it meant, but sounded catchy. I developed an oral storytelling that I...
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Feb 22, 20187 min read
"She waited for you"
“She waited for you,” the priest told me. I believe she did. It had been a long trip to get there and Obaachan had been on a long journey...
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Feb 15, 20182 min read
From Mindfulness to Heartfulness
For a writer, emerging from a long period in hiding, the sun's brilliance is blinding. You see in a flash how much of life you have been...
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Feb 11, 20182 min read
When Half is Whole
Woke up this morning to a provocative article in The New York Times: "Black With (Some) White Privilege." I'm especially interested these...
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Feb 8, 20183 min read
Indigenous Healing Psychology
I first encountered Richard Katz when he was a professor at Harvard talking about healing and transformation at a time and place in which...
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Feb 5, 20182 min read
Eric Clapton on Heartfulness
When Eric Clapton's son died in a tragic and horrible accident at age four, Eric turned to writing words and music for healing. He feels...
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Jan 30, 20182 min read
People with dogs are healthier!
My friend Charlie surprised me one day when he shouted out, "I need a dog!" His little sweetheart companion had passed away and Charlie...
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