The "Kumulipo" is an old Hawaiian prayer chant that poetically describes the creation of the world. The word literally means "beginning-in-deep-darkness." Here darkness doesn't connote gloom and evil. Rather, it's about the inscrutability of the embryonic state; the obscure chaos… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
May you eat an unfamiliar dessert in a strange land at least once every three years. May you wake up... and start dancing while… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
Act as if the universe is a prodigious miracle created for your amusement and illumination. Assume that secret helpers are working behind the scenes… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
If you bury your face in your tear-stained pillow and beg God to please send you your soul mate, may you not slur your… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
What worn-out shticks are blinding you to the blessings that life is conspiring to give you? — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
Your imagination is the single most important asset you possess. Your imagination is your power to create mental pictures of things that don't exist… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
“Imagine that the whole world belongs to you. The birch trees in New Hampshire's White Mountains are yours, and so are the cirrus clouds… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
Here's what I say: We will ignore the cult of doom and gloom and embrace the cause of zoom and boom. We will laugh… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
We're not going to waste our valuable space or your precious energy by giving equal time to stories of tragedy, failure, and tumult. They… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
But you will be hard-pressed to find more than a few novels, films, news stories, and TV shows that dare to depict life as… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act of heroic… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share
