Who’s on Second?
When ‘self’ and ‘mind’ get together—usually in the thoroughfares of philosophy, religion or spiritual inquiry—mind is usually considered the guardian of knowledge and stability;...
Tag: self
Self Reliance
How does a person with few skills of the kind needed to live off the grid, and even less life experience of relying on...
Travelling Light
It seems that we are often in the grip of opposing tendencies and easily err on one side or the other. For instance: gravity...
Food for Thought
Question: What is the relationship between personal existence and surrounding environment, between self and world? Answer 1: The self is born into a ‘world’...
The State of the Emperor’s New Clothes.
Tonight the emperor will appear in his finery and share with his subjects a few of his fantastic and incredible accomplishments. Who among us...
On the Coattails of the Flying Moment
Vision isn’t the same as the momentum of the life we are living. When we are actually living a vision (of what life is...
Is there an Edge to me?
I awoke in panic. Something as heavy as a large snake was slithering over my face. My eyes snapped open and my mind tried...
Stranger Than Fiction
Most of us are proud of our hard-won life in modern society. It is indeed quite astonishing that we can maintain any kind of...
Do Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
There is some pretty unreliable advice floating around. Take the maxim: —–“Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” Anyone who has read Homer’s...
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....