My work is loving the world! My work is being astonished at the beauty of the natural world, and the human world--its pockets of misery not withstanding. My work is fostering empathy between couples--helping them to open their eyes to the luminous child in themselves and each other. Far from least, my work is speaking loudly in favor of the re-invention of sexuality. In this new sexuality, everyone is included--the young, the old, the disabled, gay, bi, non-binary, transgende

As translated by Coleman Barks, Rumi says: In the last hour before morninglover and beloved awakeand take a drink of water. She asks, “Do you love me or yourself more?Really, tell the absolute truth.” He says, “There’s nothing left of me.I’m like a ruby held up to the sunrise. Is it still a stone, or a world made of redness?It has no resistance to sunlight.” This is how the ancient Sufi sage Hallaj said“I am God,” and told the truth. Therefore be courageous and discipline you

Dear friends have just learned that their beloved young German Shepherd has a probably fatal disease. Their friends share their grief for this beautiful, exceptional animal, though we cannot know the depths of their sorrow; they raised her from being a small puppy, hiked deep into the Sierras with her, romped with her in the snow, watched her in joy at the beach, and exchanged the love only dog lovers know with her every day and night. This morning I woke up from a dream in w

Today is the 740th anniversary of Rumi’s death. He called it his “wedding day with the Beloved.” Rumi is one of the great souls, the wise ones who teach us that there is nothing to fear in death. As one who has visited the other side and found unfathomable beauty there, I honor Rumi for his profound teaching. Through years of immersing myself in his ecstatic poetry (as translated by Coleman Barks), my life was forever transformed. His wisdom permeated my selfishness, my fear