Meditations

Dialogue is a word that has been rendered almost meaningless by having so many meanings to so many people. Politicians have appropriated the word and nearly destroyed its usefulness. But…

It’s a mild, early spring late morning in northern California. The first white and pink blossoms have popped out on the flowering trees in the neighborhood and parkland. And magnificent…

For about 100,000 years, since “fully modern humans” emerged from Africa, we humans have been as we are—tribal, self-centered, and with brains, minds and cultures dominated by the unparalleled adaptive…

A flock of small birds lands in the shallows of the stream, and a few begin furiously beating their wings in the water. More join in, and suddenly there are…

Whether one calls it meditation, mindfulness, or simply awareness, learning the art of undivided observation is essential to during inwardly alive during this dark age. The human mind, for tens…

Is anything beyond random natural selection happening with the evolution of potentially intelligent life on Earth and presumably on other life-bearing planets? Natural selection isn’t the driver of evolution; evolution…

Being of Irish extraction, despite my surname, I have a weakness for stories. I say weakness because stories have their place – just not first place. What is a story?…

The afternoon was gray and chilly, with only the saddle-shaped opening to the canyon visible in the hills beyond town.  Sitting on plastic and pads, I welcomed the sun as…