Occupation: Writer Birth: 1956
I see too many people who jump into spirituality as a shelter to hide from reality. It doesn't work that way. The way it works is for the spirit behi….
Spiritual methods are essential in Africa if you are going to survive politically. My cousin is the chief security officer for the president of Burki….
Our souls do not like stagnation. Our souls aspire toward growth, that is, toward remembering all that we have forgotten due to our trip to this plac….
As long as we are not ourselves, we will try to be what other people are..
The power of nature exists in its silence. Human words cannot encode the meaning because human language has access only to the shadow of meaning..
Peace is Letting Go--Returning to the Silence that cannot enter the realm of words because it is too pure to be contained in words. This is why the t….
It's true that tribal rivalries have something to do with political instability. It's also true that those rivalries were exaggerated by colonialism.….
Historically the customs and traditions of day-to-day life in Africa have been dismissed by Western cultural anthropologists as primitive, chaotic, p….
Healing comes when the individual remembers his or her identity—the purpose chosen in the world of ancestral wisdom—and reconnects with that world of….
If you discuss the beliefs of Christianity with the village diviner, the medicine man, he will say the white man must be extremely stupid. The white ….
In Africa, you cannot come into a comfortable material lifestyle without going through Christ. So many Africans say, "I'll take the whole package. Th….
Whether they are raised in indigenous or modern culture, there are two things that people crave: the full realization of their innate gifts, and to h….
The spiritual thirst that is latent in everybody can never come to a place of fulfillment unless people begin to think of each other as potential bro….
The power of quiet is great. It generates the same feelings in everything one encounters. It vibrates with the cosmic rhythm of oneness. It is everyw….
Nature is like a canvas, a painting of countless options and possibilities. You don't really worship spirit, because you are also spirit, and spirits….
Nakedness is very common in the tribe. It is not a shameful thing; it is an expression of one's relationship with the spirit of nature. To be naked i….
One can say, 'Teach me what you know,' but the better request is, 'Teach me about what teaches you.'.