14th-century Persian poet and mystic Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, known today primarily by his pen-name “Hafiz,” wrote about Divine Love as a lusty, wine-soaked, personal ecstasy. He took aim at any religious hypocrisy that held human life as separate…
Last week Travis and I visited the NM Natural History Museum to see the special Leonardo da Vinci exhibit. Before Leonardo, we popped in to the Planetarium to see a presentation — it was called “From Earth to the Universe,”…
by Travis Chapman When I was asked if I would like to give the talk this week at Bosque Center for Spiritual Living, I knew immediately what I would talk about. Prosperity is one of my favorite topics because it…
I encountered a Rumi quote this week: "Every moment contains a hundred messages from God. For every cry of ‘Oh, God,’ He answers a hundred times, ‘I am here.’" At first I thought: how lovely, how reassuring — always, no…
We’re almost six months into this beautiful new adventure called “Bosque Center for Spiritual Living.” And for six months, we’ve been intentionally opening up to the sheer possibility of it all, allowing a space for the Infinite to express into…
Wow, life can be bouncy. Most of you know that I buried my brother this week. I’m packing up to return to Albuquerque today, and I’m really ready to be home, to get back into some of the routine of…
Aw hell, friends… Some weeks I really don’t know what to say. Spiritual principles and noble truths sound like feeble lip-service. I can’t make sense of humanity’s inhumanity. I don’t know how to answer it. Yeah, I’ll share angry Facebook…
It’s pretty easy to get overwhelmed in our busy lives. We live with a ridiculous amount of stress and pressure every day. And most of us adopted at some point along the way the idea that if we want to…
Last month, we rode the M.S. Dixie paddleboat across Lake Tahoe to Emerald Bay. It was spectacularly beautiful. The tour involved an informative narration about the lake and its history, including the story of retired sea captain, Dick Barter. Captain…
I value honesty. It may be the single most important quality to me in any type of relationship — with others, with myself, and in the organizations and communities in which I participate. I’ve found that nothing else works, really.…