Four Approaches to the Gate of Understanding
Learning Opportunities Missed There once was a boy in Pointe Claire Who in high school would often just stare When asked any question He’d...
Tag: understanding
The MS Fall (a poem by Ken McKeon)
The Rhythm of Rising and Falling It feels so much better to recognize something we can do with challenging issues, than to document our...
Building a Bridge while walking across it
My apologies go out to anyone who logs on here hoping to read something original, interesting, or useful. I persist in writing something here...
An Open Secret
I sometimes imagine that I have been let in on a secret about the meaning and purpose of human life—but that I only have...
A Rising Tide
Last week I met with some fellow writers, as I do twice a month. Looking back, I find myself wondering why it felt especially...
The Heartbeat of Praise
“And may mind, wearied and weakened In this fictitious being so full of karmic actions and emotions, today find comfort and ease.” “Kindly Bent...
Bridges Made of Dream
Lying in bed, I realized that I was either just waking up or still inside some kind of dream. In the dream–let’s call it...
Being in the Dark
“Deprived of full access to this living quality of being, the senses coarsen and the human spirit shrivels. Seeing only through the filters of...
The Hope of the World
The problem with ethical maxims is that we may or may not follow them. They are likely to operate on the level of good...
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....