Descartes was wrong. He should have said: I think, and therefore I am divided. Then perhaps the world would not be so divided between East and West, North and South,…
religion
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For me, the clearest, deepest and I think truest portrait of Jesus came in the form of an elderly Chinese Buddhist woman who had barely escaped the throes and woes…
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Like many adults, I feel I misspent my youth. But one true thing stands—the philosophical investigation I doggedly pursued for 15 years, through various jobs, colleges and moves. It flowed…
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The silliest line of the week came in the form of a review of “Interstellar,” a recently released echo of that unsurpassed science fiction epic, “2001, A Space Odyssey.” Here’s…
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If the events of recent months and years have demonstrated anything, it is that the Enlightenment ideals of reason and human rationality cannot hold sway over the destructive momentum of…
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Was the crucifixion the culminating event of Jesus’ mission? Or did things go horribly wrong with his torture and death?
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A good working definition of an adult is a person does not act out of their stuff (read conditioning) as a rule. They take complete responsibility for the darkness within,…
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The prevalent notion among spiritual teachers is that questioning is a sign of non-understanding. They are there to give answers, not ask questions. But it’s actually just the opposite. Illumined…