Everyone seemed to be out on a warmish Saturday afternoon at the peak of autumn in northern California. Yet there were no crowds and there was no crowding at the…
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thoughts on life
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As a friend said to me today, “As soon as a country decides it is good and great, it invokes its dark side.” Hillary’s repeated party line, “America is great…
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It’s often said that to be productive and happy, a person has to feel part of something larger than her or himself, and serve that larger thing with a true…
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After a half hour sitting beside the stream on an overcast morning before a predicted storm, the light suddenly changes. The skies become almost white in their grayness, and a…
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A mother and her early-teen daughter stand at the door to Starbucks as I ride up on the bike, both their faces planted on their dumbphones. The mother, an attractive…
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The current thinking in human evolution is that fully modern humans migrated from Africa somewhere between 50-100,000 years ago. As the crisis of consciousness intensifies, one is compelled to ask:…
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Overhanging the gorge are great angular outcroppings of volcanic rock–solid and sharp edged extrusions protruding from the gently sloping grasslands behind them. Some have huge slabs balanced on top, looking…
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In my last column, I explored the distinction between science investigating and explaining mysteries, and the experiencing of mystery that underlies the religious mind. In this column I’d like to…