“So how do we know the will of God?” Michael writes. “How do we know the divine will so that we can subordinate our ego-will to the will of God? Zen says that the true divine will is ‘that which is.’ Accepting that which is, whatever is, is following the divine will. Truer words have yet to be heard.”

Chances are you have caught yourself lost in thought numerous times, only to realize that 10 minutes had passed—maybe longer—and you had been reliving an experience, including all the emotion attached to it. If it was a sad experience, you may have even shed a few tears. Or if it was a future situation that concerned you, your heart rate and blood pressure may have gone up, and you felt stressed.

Pleasure … bliss … six of one, half a dozen of the other? You may be surprised to discover that they are not at all the same.   Pleasure relies on something or someone else … a chocolate chip cookie, promotion at work, winning the lottery, new girlfriend, new husband, new car!     Dr. Michael Gottlieb, founder of Royal Way Spiritual Center, elaborates: “Name any pleasure in the world. It is dependent on something or somebody. And because of that dependency, it brings a bondag