Open or Boxed-in?
It's fascinating to observe how boxed-in some people become over the decades. As soon as any topic slightly outside of their comfort zone...
Seriously?
I saw a movie in which the characters did all sorts of miserable things to each other, up to and including murder. But the strikingly...
What Matters?
"The most important thing we can ever do is realize that everything we do matters." Jane Goodall By "do", I'd...
The Real Voyage of Discovery - New Eyes!
Many aspects of life seem stressful and profoundly unhealthy. Nothing substantive appears to have changed since Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)...
Healthy Disenchantment
How do we feel, the more often we repeat anything that was once our absolute favourite activity? Let down, disappointed, frustrated - we...
Defensive Reactions to Healthy Evolution
Our fight-flight-freeze reaction pattern to stress also affects how we manage the evolution of our own consciousness ("spirituality" for...
Sensual & Material Pleasures?
"Ernest Hemingway once claimed that there were only three important things in his life: war, wine, and women. He had them all, but in...
