by Evan Dwan | Jun 6, 2019 | News |
‘Can it get any worse?’ A poor man lived with his wife and six children in a very small one-room house. They were always getting in each other’s way and there was so little space they could hardly breathe! Finally the man could stand it no more. He talked...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 6, 2019 | News |
A story is told of a Chinese farmer and his son who live in a small village, and one day they wake up to find their only horse has disappeared. The farmer looks at his crestfallen son, who now has no horse to plough the field, shrugs his shoulders, and says “This may...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 5, 2019 | News |
A belligerent samurai, an old Japanese tale goes, once challenged a Zen master to explain the concept of heaven and hell. But the monk replied with scorn, “You’re nothing but a lout—I can’t waste my time with the likes of you!” His very honour attacked, the samurai...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 19, 2019 | News |
“Never underestimate the power of a single individual to affect the world. Remember, one candle in a cave lights everything.” – Abraham Maslow Maslow offers a series of meditations for what he refers to as ‘being-values’ or higher values. These include creativity,...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 19, 2019 | News |
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live...