higher thought

There is no such thing as ‘higher thought.’ That’s a misnomer humans have given the evolution of symbolic thought. The crisis of human consciousness boils down to the question: Can…

The wind gusted all day today, keeping the temperature unseasonably low, and the foothills splendidly clear. The creek still runs cold, clear and fast, and it was good to sit…

‘Higher thought’ is an extremely powerful evolutionary adaptation, allowing humans to create and build all the things in the world. But we idolize it and project it onto the universe,…

An amusing headline in a prominent California paper reads: ”What Separates Us From Chimps.” Though it may sound like a tautology, what separates us from chimps is separating ourselves from…

A reader asks, “What does it mean to enter the house of death during meditation?” She wants to know, “Is it really possible to understand and transcend death while fully…

A 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…

Someone wrote and flatly stated she was an atheist and I was a believer. Since I most often meet up with believers who think I’m a heretic or apostate, I…

Is there an intrinsic intent in the universe to evolve brains capable of conscious awareness of Mind? That’s a religious and philosophical question, not one that can be answered by…