We stood overlooking the volcanic gorge beyond town, an easy 2-mile walk from the gate along a streamside trail. Vultures soared a few meters over our heads, and the black…
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human consciousness
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The brain stores memories—traces of experience—automatically. Most aren’t just unnecessary; they’re detrimental to seeing and being. They become the encrustations of experience as we age. Is that inevitable?
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When I was young, America’s premier TV newsmagazine, 60 minutes, did hard-hitting political exposés. These days half the segments are schlock. That was tolerable until it crossed the line into…
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Every child needs to be taught that the map is not the territory, and the word is not the thing. Unfortunately, most adults have never learned it.
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Spiritually speaking, there are no answers. There are only questions. Even enlightened human beings don’t have the answers. Indeed, they are continuously questioning, except when in a state of complete…
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When cultures were intact and geographically distinct, human relationship was defined in terms of cohesive tradition, group identification, and shared language and custom. Now the world over, affiliations are becoming…
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Some years ago I met an Argentine man who had been arrested during their ‘Dirty War’ in the 1970’s. His story is the most gripping testimony of the psychology of…
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The Omega point is a term used by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe the aim towards which consciousness evolves. He held that evolution was a process converging toward a…