16 hours ago Member-only Craziness of a Certain Kind And it continued: “You’re long gone, Susana.” The light was the same then as it is now, not so reddish; but it was the same poor light without light, wrapped in the white cloth of mist that is now. It was the same time. … Authenticity 4 min read Authenticity 4 min read
1 day ago Member-only Creativity, Love And Blessing We live in a culture that dreads the entropic inevitability of growing older, treats it like a disease to be cured with potions and regimens, anesthetizes it with botox and silence, somehow forgetting that to grow old at all is a tremendous privilege — one withheld from the vast majority… Blessings 3 min read Blessings 3 min read
2 days ago Member-only A Poem Is Its Own Self I no more know what my novel is about than I know what my dreams are about. Ultimately, a story is its own self, and not about something other than itself. Just as a poem is its own self and not about anything else. This to me is the crucial… Subtle Energy 4 min read Subtle Energy 4 min read
3 days ago Member-only The Rhythm of Your Journey Rick kids being able to do art for a living may be a reflection of their privilege but it seems to me like a reflection of the fact that a human who doesn’t have to worry about money will often choose art. Everyone is an artist until the rent is… Artist 4 min read Artist 4 min read
4 days ago Member-only Benevolent Aliens in A Parallel Universe Origin is ever-present. It is not a beginning, since all beginning is linked with time…. It is ever-originating… The condition of today’s world cannot be transformed by technocratic rationality, since both technocracy and rationality are apparently nearing their apex; nor can it be transcended by preaching or admonishing a return… Creation 4 min read Creation 4 min read
5 days ago Member-only The Outskirts of The Heart Humanity today is like a walking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot find the precise place and hour. We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. We thrash about… Heart 4 min read Heart 4 min read
6 days ago Member-only Falling Off The Tree Individuation is not self-actualization. The mythologist Joseph Campbell noted that self-actualization is for people with nothing better to do — people who don’t know their personal myth or deeper purpose in life. The humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for security, prestige, self-development and even personal relationships are not… Clinging 4 min read Clinging 4 min read
Jan 7 Member-only Crackers To The Moon Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. ~ Albert Einstein * For me, only the simple, genuine experience of love transcends and expands all limitations. Just like universal-consciousness but much fuller… Wonder 4 min read Wonder 4 min read
Jan 6 Member-only We Save Each Other “I went to Rome for the holiday… When Renzo arrived, I no longer cared that he was hours late, or why he hadn’t picked me up. By then my fever was 104, and I asked him to take me to a hospital. But instead, he carried me to the car… Kindness 4 min read Kindness 4 min read
Jan 5 Member-only We Have No Present “We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present… ― Alan W. Watts * The Dzogchen View that… Present 4 min read Present 4 min read