consciousness

I received one of those robo-calls where initially you think there’s a human on the other end, but after the first programmed exchange, you realize it’s a computer. In the…

For some reason I woke before dawn. The first faint drops of rain after months of dry sky were barely discernible indoors. I stepped out my back door, and sure…

Instead of scaring up a couple of ducks as I ride down the dirt path to the creek, I surprise a man standing in the middle of the stream. He…

I’ve been hearing a similar refrain from a variety of people in the West. I feel it’s wishful thinking, but so many people believe it that one can’t help doubting…

We live in chaotic times, almost by design it seems. Chaos is one of those words that seem clear but few can define coherently. Is there actually chaos in nature?…

Few would argue that there is a political ‘failure of imagination’ in the Western world. Without putting imagination first (contemplative insight is primary), imagination, whether in art or politics, obviously…

It’s been a number of weeks since I’ve been to the canyon beyond town. Driving the last two miles of gravel road and parking near the gate yesterday afternoon, my…

Why, if the human brain is infused with infinite potential beyond whatever science can discover and technology can achieve, is bringing the benediction so rare?