No politics, no economics, laws or amendments, no pacifist organization or philanthropic movement, no revolution, even if not violent, can ever eliminate racism from the heart of humanity. Racism and war as well are the outer manifestation of an inner division. Racism is fear. Fear is the very cause of…

Every year, colleges and universities lose a large share of students to financial pressure, mental health struggles, disillusionment, and life circumstances that interrupt even the most determined learners. But perhaps the deeper question is not why students leave. Perhaps the real question is: why should they stay? …

If you observe yourself, if you remember, you will know yourself... And day by day you will become better and better at widening the walls of your dream, moving, creating, modifying its elements... …

There are great musicians, titans who span the staves of existence, who create and capture their music from the immense. Read more

Observe the difficulty of changing even a single word of your daily lexicon, an accent, a way of interspersing; observe the impossibility of changing an attitude, a reaction, of interrupting a routine, of breaking out of a mechanical repetitiveness of gestures and sounds. Just imagine what it might mean to transform a thought, to…

Like a piano, which compared to other instruments has such a vastness of octaves that it uses two staves, so there are men who have a greater expressive breadth than others. …

The world is all in your head. Observe one of your days.... Take it as the epitome of your life. Observe the words you say... Classify them... Identify the words you say most often... Observe the feelings you have... Classify them... Identify the ones that recur most often... Observe the thoughts of…

But be careful: lying doesn’t mean deceiving others or hiding the truth. Lying is an act of self-forgetfulness. It means losing oneself; becoming trapped in the belief that the outer world, the people you encounter, the universe, and everything perceived as “external” exist as realities separate from yourself. …

Man, as he is, divided within himself, cannot apply the principles of the dream to his life. Yet each one of you is here because of an ancient promise once made to yourselves: that one day you would leave the ghetto of your own mediocrity behind. There must be a synchrony between sincere request…

Stillness is the vessel that allows us to cross the troubled waters of the unconscious. In silence, being present to oneself becomes a kind of lifeboat that enables us to pass through the difficult moments of nocturnal abandonment, where, like a pilotless aircraft, we remain suspended in a limbo where anything can happen. Presence traces…