Living Grace

If you have been following my daily reflections, you are aware of the fact I have been saying that we are in an historical cycle of chaotic and steep challenges. Yet I have also said that God is using all of this messiness to purify, heal, and evolve the human race....

We all have to face a fundamental question with far-reaching implications: what is the nature of reality? Is “reality” merely a word we made up to help us deal with life’s randomness and chaos? Or in other words, is nothing ultimately real about life or us? Are we...

Today is my last day in Assisi. I ask myself, why did I come here? Was I looking for something or trying to gain something I have lost? At the level of my ego, the answer is yes to both of these questions because my ego is always wanting, grasping, and hungering after...

After dinner tonight, Swami and I went for cappuccino at one of the local cafes. We had a very spiritual conversation: we talked about music we loved while we were growing up. To my surprise, we both spent our adolescence listening to soul music by artists like James...

In all of my attempts at romance, I now realize I had been searching for that one face to love, inspire my imagination, and seduce my soul. I first caught sight of that sacred face in Jesus, and then in Francis, Yogananda, and, of course, Vicki. Now, whenever I turn...

Today is Monday, the feast day of Saint Francis, and we are making the five-hour drive from Genoa to Assisi. Already, my heart is swelling in anticipation of our arrival. Francis is so much more to me than a historical figure with the title “saint.” He embodies an...