Demand More

There is a day coming soon — perhaps a hundred years, perhaps two hundred years, but no more than that — where the evil of religious fundamentalism will no longer exist.
Now, one or two hundred years may seem like a long time, but when compared to the thousands of years that religious fundamentalism has existed, […]

Happiness comes from within.  It is a perspective that is carried in the mind at every waking moment.  You will not find any lasting happiness in the outside world that is separate from your own inner perceptions.  This is because the outside world only reflects your internal point of view, your internal perspective.
If you are […]

When you quiet your mind, and start to look at life with fresh eyes, one of the first things you will notice is the amount of struggle on this Earth.  If you have traveled and seen poverty and hopelessness as it exists in so many places on this planet, you will know that the struggle […]

The mind is a thing of such beauty. If you treat it well, and fill it with love, then you will encounter love and beauty wherever you go in this world. If, on the other hand, you clutter it with worry and anxiety, then you create for yourself only suffering.
We have so much […]

All too often, wisdom is found in the most curious of places.

When you engage in thinking, no matter how mundane or profound, you must remember that you are engaging in a profound act of creation.
When a human mind thinks, it is doing more than simply transferring electrical impulses through biochemicals across synaptic channels. Perhaps this is the biological explanation, but it is at most a […]

Freedom is more than a political goal. It is a psychological state, as well as a spiritual quest.
When we are born, we arrive into a world where there is little freedom. It is true that the laws of many countries guarantee freedom. But it is also true that such laws are given […]

If you went to a zoo, and went to the lion exhibit and saw the lions cowering in fear and baaing like sheep, you would think something was terribly wrong.
You would wonder why the lions, with their fierce growls, their sharp claws and their cunning instincts would be behaving so strangely. You would be […]

The toughest task in this world is to confront something that we are afraid of doing.
This seems like an obvious proposition; but if it were obvious, then people would be more willing to face their fears.
I firmly believe that our purpose on this Earth — the reason we as humans exist at all — is […]

Without vision, the people perish. — Proverbs 29:18
A person must have vision if he or she is to be happy. A vision guides action and provides meaning and purpose; it creates the future. When there is no vision, there is no purpose, and hence no happiness.
Nations, as well, have their own visions. […]