Fake Blonds and Inconvenient Truths
Let’s not give him a name. He is just a phenomenon of the twilight of forgotten knowledge and the inevitable consequence of our society’s...
Tag: knowledge
Trusting what we know
I’ve become accustomed to my e-mail inbox filling up whenever I turn my back–like a boat with a leak that will sink if you...
Teachers, Friends, and All Who are Missed
Sometimes we wish we could have thanked someone who helped us, or helped someone who needed us, or simply felt appreciation for the human...
Gratitude—if not now, when?
“If we are fortunate enough to be exposed to a variety of influences, we may realize that the reality we take for granted has...
Blocked Drains and Open Roads
There are so many areas of life where I assume that I am powerless. Sometimes I just have to call an expert, if I’m...
The Infinite Unique
Last Saturday morning I watched a film that had both a uniquely personal impact (reminding me of important influences in my life) and universal...
Meaning Sits at the Back of the Bus
“Knowledge is understood to apply only in the objective realm; in the subjective realm of desires and feelings, knowledge has no role to play....
Stories We Tell Ourselves
“For example, viewed as a ‘border phenomena’, ‘shadow’ at once brings into play the dynamic interaction of ‘light’ and ‘opaque substance’. Again, psychology can...
“Good Greens” in the “Field of Space”
While pondering how everything arises “together” in space, I was reminded of a poem I wrote while I was still living in Canada, which...
Looking Both Ways
We can’t help but compare ourselves with others—their accomplishments, their looks, their virtues. Perhaps we just need to be true to our inner self....