There's this question of creating reality. The problem is that all of us are creating our own reality. What happens when those creations differ? Read more
There's this question of creating reality. The problem is that all of us are creating our own reality. What happens when those creations differ? Read more
Stories are the archived wisdom of any culture, and pithy proverbs its distillation - the “cheat sheet” to be accessed when time is of the essence. Read more
What is the purpose of asceticism? Human nature seems able to turn almost anything into an extreme sport. Is there a “middle path” for ascetic practice? Read more
Religion should be the training wheels for spirituality – to be discarded once the practitioner has developed the skill to go it alone. Read more
Whatever can be sensed, remembered, dreamed, imagined, felt, thought up or thought about exists in some dimension -- and is, therefore, real. Read more
In the conventional interpretation of the story of The Fall, Eve bears the brunt of the responsibility for this “sin.” But, when is a "sin," not a sin? Read more
Just because mountains don’t win Nobel Prizes or write poetry in a way comprehensible to humans, does this mean they are simply part of “dumb nature”? Read more
Jesus said, “In my father’s house, there are many mansions.” Could this quote refer perhaps to different abilities in exploring the levels of reality? Read more
Growing up my religious education was limited to an hour a week in Sunday school. It bothered me that I did not feel that I loved God as I was supposed to. Read more
A Socratic voice asked, “What is alive?” I found this to be a strange question, so I asked one of my own, “What do you mean, ‘what is alive?’?” Read more
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