Hal Walker

so, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me for i, too, am fluent in silence. —R. Arnold

Our English word blessing is related to the French word blessée , meaning wounded, or blessure , meaning wound.

The wound is a blessing; the blessing comes as a wound.

The wound wants to change us. We cannot heal and stay the same. To change we have to surrender to what we do not yet know. We are going into something unknown. That is why it can be... See more

If we are getting the sense that we might like to take a step along the spiritual path, maybe we don’t need to delay too long.

Likewise for those already on the path of training, if you have tasted the Dharma directly, had a glimpse of the Ox, redouble your efforts. It’s one thing to see it and a different thing to surrender ourselves to it fully.... See more

Within Man Is The Soul Of The Whole; The Wise Silence; The Universal Beauty

Sometimes, I picture myself walking in a whole field of Ohio wildflowers and I think about what I've been missing my whole life.