Every now and then, I'll meet an escapee, someone who has broken free of self-centeredness and lit out for the territory of compassion. You've met them, too, those people who seem to emit a steady stream of, for want of… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
We crave a world of either/or, but the Dream says, Both/and. We build a wall between our social persona and our inner selves; the Dream bids us, Demolish it. We wish to believe we're separate from one another, but the Dream insists, We are in this together. We are pleased to believe Time is a one-way river from past to… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share
The world as dreamed and the world as lived cross-pollinate each other. — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
Once, at a seminar, I heard a Westernized lama say that a meditator's state of mind should be like that of a hotel doorman.… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone quarry, by… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
A Healing Dream can never be completely "interpreted," or fully understood. Healing Dreams want us to stop making sense; not just to crack the… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
For at the center of all spiritual traditions is the beacon of a truly radical proposal: Open your heart to everybody. Everybody. — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
Polls show that most people in the world favor humbler, more compassionate solutions to our common problems. Not only favor them but, resolving to… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
Loosen the bonds of discursive thought. Extend the circle of caring. Cease armoring against suffering. Wish for others the same happiness you wish for… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
A friend told me of visiting the Dalai Lama in India and asking him for a succinct definition of compassion. She prefaced her question… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
I used to think that people who regarded everyone benignly were a mite simple or oblivious or just plain lax-until I tried it myself.… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
Our dreams disturb us because they refuse to pander to our fondest notions of ourselves. The closer one looks, the more they seem to… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
