Freedom of Mind, Mind of Freedom Posted on 01/25/2017 by Michael Gray I doubt that I’m the only one who has felt like the mouse in Kafka’s “A Little Fable”: “ALAS”, said the mouse, “the world...
Hope is a Sad Child, standing in the Rain Posted on 12/20/2016 by Michael Gray “Joining with ‘others’ in ‘our one world’, united in native sympathy through the similarities of mind that we share as a species, we could...
Being in the Dark Posted on 12/06/2016 by Michael Gray “Deprived of full access to this living quality of being, the senses coarsen and the human spirit shrivels. Seeing only through the filters of...
A Kinder, Gentler “Animal Farm” Posted on 11/15/2016 by Michael Gray Unsettling truths about the human realm can be more palatable when delivered in the form of a parable. In animal stories, such as told...
The Caterpillar and the Phoenix Posted on 11/09/2016 by Michael Gray I live in a nest woven out of all the twigs and pieces of string–the maxims and identifications–that I have picked up over a...
How we Pick and Choose Posted on 10/19/2016 by Michael Gray Sometimes our options collapse into stark alternatives that few of us really want. In the present presidential campaign—with the election three weeks away—we can...
Reunions, Nests, and Flight Paths Posted on 09/21/2016 by Michael Gray Now and then I receive invitations for school reunions, but I’ve never felt tempted to catch up with people whom I didn’t know all...
Gratitude—if not now, when? Posted on 09/14/2016 by Michael Gray “If we are fortunate enough to be exposed to a variety of influences, we may realize that the reality we take for granted has...
The Hope of the World Posted on 08/30/2016 by Michael Gray The problem with ethical maxims is that we may or may not follow them. They are likely to operate on the level of good...
Coming Ashore Posted on 08/23/2016 by Michael Gray Was it a bad move to come ashore? Has humanity benefited from leaving home, and setting up shop on the shoreline? The daily news...