Saying grace

It is not poetic license to say we are luminous creatures. We eat the sunlight that plants convert into starch for our dietary benefit. Thank you, rice. Thank you, grains. Thank you, sun.

Chronically heedless

What has anger loved, touched, created, healed or restored? Whom has it forgiven? The condition from which right action arises is acceptance, not anger. But we’re chronically heedless, still at the altar of our intentions, still doing the right thing for the wrong reasons.

The more monster

In medicine, untrammeled growth is called cancer. In business, it’s an IPO offering.

Slow learner

I had a chronic pain condition for more than 30 years before it suddenly lifted. It was a harsh teacher, like a Zen master with a teaching stick. But some of us need that.

Killing ourselves

An emotion is a response in the body to a thought in the head. They cause a lot of mischief, thoughts do.

D-type males (men who are negative about pretty well everything) have more heart attacks than anyone else.