Is it even possible to respond to the world without letting it all “get” to us? Can we be participants who somehow remain untouched by our surroundings? Those are important questions because most of us choose to become personally involved. We’d rather act out our humanity before we aspire to rise above it. Read more
I had messed with his reality in several ways. By folding the tarp, I was sending his future speeding back to his present, and increasing his ability to navigate space. By playing with the stones he was crawling upon, I sent him back in time and then accelerated him forward in time. Read more
The challenges of living finally get our attention, if we are lucky. They become their own crises, the moment when we feel so bad we finally have to acknowledge our pain. Wandering about in the dark wood, lost in one’s own labyrinth, each person must seek his own way out, away from the minotaur of anxiety. Read more
I hope you’re not so foolish as to think that humans – or indeed animals – invented families? Families are much more ancient than that. I hope you’re not so foolish as to think that humans – or indeed birds – invented migration? Migration is much older than that. Read more
It is a question worth asking ourselves, how much of the day we spend in unconscious activity, when we are physically doing something else, for example driving, while our thoughts are miles away. We are brought back to “reality,” when we realize we have arrived and don’t remember how we got to our destination. Read more
Historically community tended to be formed ‘accidentally’ based on geographical proximity from which evolved a common language, a shared culture and a foundation myth. Today groups tend to form more consciously, leading to ‘intentional communities’ that cross traditional tribal lines into freely chosen ‘families.’ Read more
Several years ago, as a developmental psychologist, I wanted to learn how and why some people seem to be more successful than others at tuning in to higher states of consciousness. What was going through their minds the moment they were aware of a breakthrough in their perception of reality? Read more
Black holes are famous for their coughing. Perhaps the most famous cough of all is the one we call “the big bang.” A big, black hole, that long predated our universe, had spent its life eating the contents of a previous universe. Read more
Sometimes I astrally travel at night. Everybody does. Often, I meet other souls who are also astrally travelling, and we get to talk. Early this morning I had such a chat. Read more
The desire to give arises, always in some measure, from the wholesome desire to do good, to alleviate the suffering of others, a true call of the heart. But, paradoxically, rather than the focus being on the recipient, the nature of the giving can sometimes depend on the needs of the person doing the giving. Read more
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