A small woodland hawk skims above the surface of the creek, then swoops up and lands atop a tree upstream. The sky is opaque, with a high white cover, but…
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meditation
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Even for people adept at the art of methodless meditation, ‘the beginner’s mind’ can have the connotation of someone just learning how to meditate, a novice. It can imply someone…
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Costa Rica News – The Costa Rican Times is continuing to try to promote healthy activities in Costa Rica and ones in which we believe. The Transformational Retreats project in…
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After three days of clouds and rain, the sun emerges slowly and unsurely in the afternoon, as if the earth isn’t quite ready for direct light and warmth. Masses of…
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“The greatest triumph of the devil in the modern age is convincing people he doesn’t exist.” I don’t remember the author of that memorable quote, but it encapsulates the problem…
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Psychology, as a discipline and as a healing profession, has become a grab bag of inchoate and often incoherent theories, philosophies, and treatments. It is fair and necessary to ask:…
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It’s a clear fall morning in the parkland, and the sun is at 45 degrees over a huge, twin-trunked sycamore on the other side of the stream. Large, heart-shaped leaves…
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In the science fiction classic “2001, A Space Odyssey,” HAL, the all too human-like computer, malfunctions and becomes evil. As the sole surviving astronaut is deleting him, it begs for…