Life

Does anyone? — “Your intern is here.” The administrative assistant hangs up the phone and gives me directions to the classroom. She says something like, “Enjoy your first day teaching.” Halfway down the hall, I’m briefly mistaken for a student who’s supposed to be in class. It doesn’t matter how I dress. It…

A reflection on a moment in time. — It was 12 years ago. I was in a markedly different phase of my life. I was 27, married, and happily so. Life was consistent, stable, and mostly hangover-free. Like many 20-somethings, I was still struggling to figure out my career. At my wife’s behest, I began taking classes at…

Why Our Civilization’s in Decline, And What to Do About It — The 21st century’s young. We’re not even a quarter of the way through it. And yet it feels like an eternity. The days drag on. The world slips into regress. Civilization turns backwards. Ignorance and greed and hate and violence begin to rule, as democracy and its great values come…

If sleep is the problem, fix your lifestyle first — Sleeping problems have been increasing for decades. And since Covid, numbers have been going up drastically. It’s become more challenging nowadays to fall asleep faster. The American Psychological Association recently reported that two-thirds of Americans are not sleeping as they desire.1 Everyone knows what a big impact sleep has on…

it’s cold out there, and yes, the heat is on but I still like to keep the window open just a crack — it’s fresh, it’s frigid, and it reminds me of what I’m up against… it’s the blank faces of people who love you expecting answers you don’t have, it’s the…

这是关于静止的。- Jiddu Krishnamurti是20世纪最伟大的印度精神老师之一。克里希那穆提（Krishnamurti）的教义来自印度南部，影响了包括印度总理英迪拉·甘地（Indira Gandhi），贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁（Jawaharlal Nehru），奥尔德斯·赫克斯利（Aldous Huxley），达赖喇嘛和埃克哈特·托勒（Eckhart Tolle）在内的后果领导人的广泛群众。我喜欢他的许多事情...

It really is a place like no other — I spent the recent winter holiday with part of my family that lives in the US. And although I’ve been coming there — for both personal and professional reasons — for almost a decade now, every time I visit, I can’t help but feel… slightly shocked. You’d think that since…