We live in a time of increasing self absorption. Our worlds revolve around us. We are the centers of our own universes. We construct electronic networks of the false selves we want people to see, just as we present the selves we want people to know in person. We manage our virtual lives in the same way we manage our face to face lives. We wrap ourselves in photos and video, words and music, likes and follows. We create images... Read more

For years, depth was a foreign country I never visited. I had read books about it. I had seen pictures. I listened to other people describe their own visits to the Depth; what they had done, seen, and tasted. I had heard a lot about the Depth, but I was not convinced that I would ever actually explore it myself. For me, exploring the Depth was like performing a concert at Carnegie Hall or playing professional basketball. I saw that... Read more

I have a strong ability to focus. I spend a lot of time focusing on things outside myself. I tend to focus on my goals, or on obstacles to achieving them. I focus on what I set out to accomplish, on things I hope to acquire, on taking the steps that I see leading where I want to go. When people ask me for help, there is usually something they would like to do more effectively because we have worked... Read more

The ocean makes a deep impression on me. I grew up in a place where there were more fields of productive farmland, as far as the eyes could see, with occasional farm buildings, than oceans. The woods and the lakes were great, and cities were amazing, but there was no ocean. The first time I ever saw an ocean was from an airplane. I became more familiar with the Atlantic Ocean, and visited the Gulf of Mexico. Now I live... Read more