The big Buddha statue sits in silent meditation, tears of bird droppings encrusted on his cheeks. Some sit at his feet with offerings and prayers, while a child Buddha laughs, swimming in a reflecting pond....

Each of us is a self that covers the soul. Like a shoe, the self is the visible surface atop the sole. However shiny and polished, a shoe is useless without a sole....

"Don't worry about the future, the present is all thou hast; the future will soon be present, and the present will soon be past." Family post card sent from Kansas to Tennessee, 1910. Courtesy of Kate Bowers. Homespun advice from the farm belt; reminiscent of Buddhist teachings, long before they were popularized in America....

The mind of God creates the universe. Our mind creates our world. When our mind merges with the mind of God, we are the universe....

"I love you" is the self expressing love. "I love us" is love beyond the self. "I love it all" is divine love....