insight

On the last warm day in the Valley, before first snow the mountains, I drove up as high as I could through Lassen Volcanic National Park–over 8500 feet/2500 meters. In…

There’s intermittent sun late in the afternoon with a long view downstream. An hour of passive observation gathers sufficient attention to end all thinking. Without a trace of fear or…

The cognitive revolution, which made all 7.7 billion of us “fully modern humans,” with the capacity for diverse languages, cultures, art, science and technology, occurred about 100,000 years ago in…

After sitting for an hour beside the rippling stream, watching the water flow by below my feet and people on bikes and foot flow by on the pedestrian road across…

“Manshape, that shone sheer off, disseveral, a star, death blots black out; Nor mark is any of him at all so stark but vastness blurs and time beats level. Away…

I’ve given precedence to direct experiencing of the numinous since I was 18 and had an explosive insight that changed the course of my life. Over the years, many strange…

Neuroscientists and cutting edge computer developers are in the early stages of building a “bridge between flesh and chip.” Chillingly, promoters speak of a “brave new world” of thought-controlled machines–in…

Which of these statements is true? 1. “We only use a small potential of our brain.” 2. “We are simply not cognitively incapable of solving such a complex problem as…