Part #1: You Already Have Everything The delusion in wanting more is that–in this moment–there can be no more. Just now is just as it is. And since–in this moment–there can be no more, everything that can possibly be is already here. Don’t make up anything in your mind and you already have everything. […]
How to Really Know Your Calling
What many of us want most deeply—assuming our basic needs are met—is to live a kind of life where spontaneously being our Selves is most able to happen again and again (for proof of this assertion, if you need it, look at Part II: How to Want What You Really Want in my new book How […]
Build Your House Where You Live
Are you rethinking your life as the New Year (or any other transition) approaches? This is the second of two short extracts from my new book How to Be Alive: A Guide to the Kind of Happiness that Helps the World about following your calling (find out more and order it here). I hope it helps. Imagine a farmer who has […]
Go Where You Are Called
Are you rethinking your life as the New Year (or any other transition) approaches? This is the first of two short extracts from my new book How to Be Alive: A Guide to the Kind of Happiness that Helps the World about following your calling (find out more and order it here). I hope it helps. […]
No Impact Man’s FREE How to Be Alive Workbook
I’m writing this post in the holiday season, which some people (like me) find even more stressful than the rest of the year. Stress in this period–and in general–makes me wonder if I am running around like a headless chicken over stuff that doesn’t even matter. But what does matter in my life? That is […]
How to Not Buy Things by Mistake
In my new book How to Be Alive: A Guide to the Kind of Happiness that Helps the World, I talk about the many relationships we have with the world and how those relationships affect both our own well-being and that of our communities and planet. One of those relationships is the one we have with stuff. […]
How To Become An Engaged Citizen
The rewards of being an engaged citizen are great. You make friends. You meet people who share your values. You get to feel you are doing something about what you are worried about in the world. Here are some tips on how to become an engaged citizen, whatever your area of concern, from my coming book How […]
Making Spirituality Relevant Again
Sometimes I say there is a spiritual undertone to my activism. Other times I think there is an activist tone to my spirituality. Ha! Actually, in these times, for me, spirituality = activism and activism = spirituality. These are hard words both for some in spirituality and some in activism, I know. Spiritual people are suspicious […]