L E T T E R from Jac – Crossing Over
I have of late been diving more deeply into studying the Tao Te Ching and the Heart Sutra. The wisdom infused within these texts is a soothing balm for a […]
Ancient Story
L E T T E R from Jac – Dropping The Intellect
I love this story, for it demonstrates how quickly we can get caught up in concepts, and delusional about where we are at. Striving to be better, at all costs, […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Forever Unfolding
At any given point in time, we never really know what’s actually going on. We have the experience, the moment, the situation but the bigger picture, the full story, the […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Who’s In Charge?
In everyday life I subscribe to the motto “self as cause” which means I believe that ultimately I always have the power of choice and with it comes the accountability, […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Integrating It All
There is a famous story of karate master Budoken, who had a disciple who infamously walked by a horse that suddenly became skittish and kicked out – but the disciple […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Getting To The Other Side
One day a young Buddhist on his journey home came to the banks of a wide river. Staring hopelessly at the great obstacle in front of him, he pondered for […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Our Personal GPS
I love a lot of things, but ask me my purpose, my passion I couldn’t tell you with absolute certainty about one thing that drives me. There simply is not […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Opening Our Hearts
How many people drive you a bit or a lot nuts? If you wrote a list, would there be mostly people you know well? Really well? Or people you have […]
L E T T E R from Jac – On Resistance and Flow – Part 1
What I have learnt about myself is that I sort of held on to some old Catholic beliefs that it was actually a punishment system. So ‘karma’ meant ‘you’re being […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Surrender
I’ve told this story many times, and want to share it again now, as I feel it’s so relevant. There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had […]
L E T T E R from Jac – All The Dreams
There is a Jewish story, that is also told in many traditions with varying tones. The essence of it is that a poor tailor from the shtetl has a dream […]
L E T T E R from Jo – Do Your Right Thing
I don’t know if this is a sign of aging but every year that passes feels faster and faster. This year I vividly remember celebrating the first day of the […]
L E T T E R from Jac – Daily Devotion
We are building on a theme here, which you might have picked up on because it’s my obsessive personality to get caught on ideas. I hope you do the same. […]
L E T T E R from Jac – More Than One Way To Toast
In our cabin in Big Sur, there was a fireplace, and no toaster, so we began to hack hunks of sourdough and toast them in the fireplace, to then lather […]