If there are people starving in the world - and there are - it is not caused by insufficient information. If crime is rampant in the streets, it is not caused by insufficient information. If children are abused and wives battered, that has nothing to do with insufficient information. If our schools are not working and democratic principles are losing their force, that too has nothing to do with insufficient information. If we are plagued by such problems, it is because something else is miss... read more

I asked a gypsy pal
To imitate an old image

And speak old wisdom.
She drew in her chin,
Made her neck and head
The top piece of a Nile obelisk
and said:
Snatch off the gag from thy mouth, child,
And be free to keep silence.
Tell no man anything for no man listens,
Yet hold thy lips ready to speak.

Carl Sandburg

the day began
with a dead mynah bird
on the hood of my car
wrapping the body in a paper towel
the warmth and softness of its feathers
sent a sense of life's fragility
shuddering up my spine
later on
i followed the sound of music
to the downtown bandstand
the people there
were celebrating with food and music
the life of their departed friend
i never knew the man
but they say he had a good death
quick and painless
the eulogies
all in honor of the good times
the band played cou... read more

Be impeccable with your words. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

Don't take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be a victim of needless suffering.

Don't make assumptions. ... read more