transmutation

There’s an unexplored territory between the polarities and polarizations at home and abroad fueled by the global pandemic. Covid-19 stands in for many things as it continues to sweep in…

A Dutch friend in Germany and I had a very interesting zoom talk today. We began by inquiring into individual awakening as it relates to the transmutation of the human…

Having things to look forward to is important, a central part of a healthy human life. But living entirely in terms of looking forward to things means never entering a…

For at least 100,000 years, since ‘modern man’ first emerged from East Africa, we humans have been as we are—tribal, self-centered and dominated by the extremely powerful adaptive strategy of…

A friend from philosophy grad school wrote recently, “I’ve never understood this ‘inherently separative nature of thought,’ which you have consistently talked about, nor do I understand how one could…

Quietness again lifts and planes out, the blood in our heads gliding in the sky of the brain. Rumi My friend from graduate philosophy days and I are having good…

Here’s an interesting thought experiment. Imagine the beginnings of planning in human evolution. When did the first people communicate to each other, undoubtedly through signs: “I’ll go this way, you…

Someone said to me recently, “When will we not feel urgency?” There is something plaintive, and slightly self-pitying in that question.