Transformation through Turmoil
An Excerpt from Extraordinary Awakenings by Steve Taylor Human life has always involved a great deal of hardship and turmoil. The Buddha was right when he established his first noble truth that “life is suffering” (or, according to some interpretations, that life “involves” suffering). For most of our ancestors, life was an endless cycle of […]
Seeing the Clear Light
by Steve Taylor, author of many books on spirituality and psychology including The Clear Light, The Leap, and The Calm Center 2006 was a difficult year. In April our second child, Ted, was born. Ted was a lovely baby (and is a lovely boy now) but he seemed to be born without the need to […]
The Clear Light of the Present: How Creativity Arises from Presence
by Steve Taylor, author of many books on spirituality and psychology including The Clear Light, The Leap, and The Calm Center In general, there are three different modes in which we can live our lives: doing, thinking and being. Most of the day we’re busy doing – working in our jobs, doing chores, following our […]