meditation

The London Bridge mayhem, coming on the heels of the Manchester murders, sicken the heart and pain the soul. Is there an adequate response in the individual? Yes, though it…

It still surprises, after many years meditating, how doing nothing but simply quieting and emptying the mind in nature is the most fruitful and important thing one can do.

With regard to Trump and his toadies, we are now in the 9th circle of hell, where Virgil bade Dante: Non ragionam di lor, ma guarde e passa—“Let us think…

A dark shadowline slowly rises on the opposite wall of the gorge as the sun nears the horizon behind me. One’s shadow is thrown across the chasm near a huge…

I had an interesting conversation with a self-described “meditation teacher” recently who teaches at a well-known retreat center in California. She regularly leads 10-day and month-long silent retreats. Though I’m…

As a religious philosopher, I’m loathe to write another column about Donald Trump and the chaos presidency. But as a religious philosopher, I feel a responsibility to attempt to convey…

It seems like all that’s left is to escape into comedy. Even that is becoming quite a strain however, both to keep up with the surreal hilarity of the Trump…

It’s important to have relationship with animals that aren’t your pets. And I’m not just talking about a birdfeeder in the backyard. But what does a relationship with animals in…