Meditations

Pondering the “Age of Dinosaurs” gives one pause in considering whether there is an intrinsic intent in evolution to develop brains capable of communion with Mind.

In deeper states of meditation, there comes something totally beyond words. For lack of a better word, call it benediction. Can only the human brain bring the benediction on this…

The grafting of Eastern Buddhism onto Western marketing, channeled through New Age schlock, has reached its nadir with a spate of commercials featuring Matthew McConaughey.

At one of his victory laps, I mean rallies, in Iowa on Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump was scarier than ever, all the more so because his threats were between the…

It’s widely known that some Neanderthals buried their dead, inspiring some anthropologists to deduce that Neanderthals were religious. Perhaps we should find out what it means to be religious before…

Truth has been in the news a lot lately. I’m speaking tongue-in-cheek of course, since you’ll never find the truth in the news. It’s being said we’re in “the post-truth…

The pristinely clear and cold stream flows by at my feet, its brown and reddish stones burnished by the fresh current and glistening in the sunlight. A woodland hawk soars…

If the New Testament parable is true, Jesus didn’t understand what went wrong, and cried out on the cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”