“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere. The pessimist sees only the red light. But the truly wise person is color blind.”

Dr. Albert Schweitzer

The Mindful Word blog

Musings on engaged-spirituality, theosophy, mindfulness, culture, politics and life

Oneness, kirtan, interbeing, God, Christianity, Catholic Church, Buddhist	10 Jan 2008
Reclaiming God by Kiva Bottero	Comment (6)

My disillusionment with the Catholic Church set in as a child and culminated when I stopped going to church as a teen. The Church posed a number

Thich Nhat Hanh, Jesus, Christmas, Christianity, Catholicism, Catholic Church, Buddhist	26 Dec 2007
Christmas 2007 by Kiva Bottero	Comment (0)

Thich Nhat Hanh regularly reminds his students to not abandon their original spiritual tradition in favour of his mindfulness practice. Upon