| Where Am I? |
The search for self continues, in spite of everything. (2/4/2008) |
| Richard
Dawkins vs. Ken Wilber |
Confronting the seeming differences between the material and the mystic (2/4/2008) |
| Evolution
and the Anthropic Principle |
Yes, the evolutionary events that are us are incredibly improbable. (1/30/3008) |
| Cheshire
Cat |
Who we think we are isn't even half of it. (11/27/2007) |
| "I
Could Have Been a Contender" |
Heroes and the American Dream (10/31/2008) |
| What
I Wish I'd Said... |
The mysterious forces that make us write (10/27/2007) |
| Keeping
Up With the World |
The myths we harbor that often aren't true (10/11/2007) |
| Naming
the Unnamed |
We have words for many things, but a lot that goes on inside us
remains unnamed. (10/11/2007) |
| Flight
of the Phoenix, Redux |
Reason and logic may have their place, but . . .
(10/7/2007) |
| The
Power of Fog |
At the limits of language, how do we continue?
(9/28/2007) |
| Principles
in Art |
Rational Analysis goes only so far in telling us what a work of art
really means (9/5/2007) |
| Spirit
and Matter |
More about Ken Wilber and the materialists (8/9/2007) |
| The
Enlightenment Conundrum |
Ken Wilber and the materialists, playing with my mind
(8/2/2007) |
| On
Believing |
Beliefs and Meta-beliefs and human nature (7/26/2007) |
| Broad
Minded |
I don't like to feel I'm being put in a box (7/12/2007) |
| Copyright
Inheritance |
Should Homer have protected his work? (5/20/ 2007) |
| Layers |
The difficulty of trying to classify people
(5/10/2007) |
| Patterns,
by Paul Simon and Douglas Hofstadter |
Is there a me, or am "I" just a pattern?
(4/18/2007) |
| I
Believe in Rainbows |
The Self, like the rainbow, may be an illusion (4/12/2007) |
| Whom
Can We Believe? |
Is the whole world just somebody's opinion?
(4/1/2007) |
| A
Long, Drawn-Out Solstice |
Musing on an astronomical curiosity (12/24/2006) |
| Beliefs
- Part Two |
Some more thoughts about Sam Harris (10/14/2006) |
| The
Quest for Certainty |
Certainty is an illusion, and its quest is sometimes
counterproductive. (8/25/2006) |
| To
the Ends of the Earth |
Boundaries that don't exist. (8/10/2006) |
| Astonishment |
It's about expectations and disappointments. (8/4/2006) |
| The
Meaning of Life |
An ever-receding question. (7/27/2006) |
| We
Hold These Truths... |
Powerful as it is for us, the Declaration of Independence is not the
word of God. (6/14/2006) |
| Music
and Language |
Maybe the Neanderthals sang instead of thinking.
(5/30/2006) |
| Circular
Thinking |
A musing about why we feel bad. (5/22/2006) |
| There
Are Beliefs, and . . . |
Sam Harris's book has a near-fatal weakness. (5/4/2006) |
| Runaway
World |
Thomas Friedman's new book, The World is Flat, gave me some
things to think about (12/9/2005) |
| Deep
Playmate |
Diane Ackerman has a good idea; I wish only that she had had a better
editor. (11/10/2005) |
| An
Alchemy of Telling |
Diane Ackerman at her best, and writing about the mind -- I loved it!
(10/30/2005) |
| Habits |
We're stuck with having them, but we're not stuck with particular
habits. (6/23/ 2005) |
| Cultural
Genes |
We haven't left evolution behind, but the Big Game is now in our
court. (5/26/ 2005) |
| The
Joy of Science |
Fame and fortune may motivate scientific inquiry, but something else
is often more important. (5/19/ 2005) |
| The
Conundrum of Human Nature |
The nature-nurture issue, re-examined. Just because it's natural,
does that make it right? (5/13/2005) |
| No,
the Computer Isn't Smarter than I Am! |
A bit of advice from a computer mentor (5/9/2005) |
| A
Rant on Religion |
About tolerance and truth (4/1/2005) |
| "The
West Wing" Turning Right? |
It's only a television program, but there's something important about
it, and maybe it's time for a change (3/24/2005) |
| The
Geometry of Spring |
How come the winter sunrise doesn't change with the winter sunset?
And other musings. (3/11/2005) |
| Music
as Language |
I love music, but I don't always understand it. (3/3/2005) |
| What
is Art? |
Just because somebody says it is art doesn't make it true--or false
(1/31/2005) |
| Beauty
and Spirit |
There's something more to beauty than entertainment.
(1/3/2005) |
| You
Don't Understand Us |
Osama bin Laden's attempt to influence the U.S. elections.
(11/16/.2004) |
| The
New God of Probability |
Statistics are taking the place of burning bushes (8/26/1994
- 11/11/2004) |
| The
Cost of Health Care |
The cost/benefit dilemma that will continue to grow.
(10/15/2004) |
| Gene
Hackman as President? |
Fear seeks simple answers. (10/8/2004) |
| Being
Lifted Out of the Ordinary |
or, "People who would be wonderful to know..."
(9/9/2004) |
| The
Head and the Heart |
I have always felt two kinds of pull at me, my intellectual curiosity
and my emotional hunger for—something. (6/5/2004) |
| "Pay
attention!" |
The words came to me as if they had been spoken aloud. But of course
they weren't. (5/26/2004) |
| Music,
Poetry and Meaning |
True meaning often comes to us, when it does, by a side door.
(5/6/2004) |
| On
Seeking Truth |
"Truth is not elusive," he says. But clarity is obscured by
our own filters. (4/23/2004) |
| Perceptions
and Reality |
Just because something feels true doesn't mean necessarily that it
is. (4/2/2004) |
| The
Marriage Bond |
Opposite Sex, Same Sex--isn't the commitment the important thing?
(3/20/2004) |
| Taboo
is a Right-Brain Activity |
Humans are a rational species, but . . . (3/3/2004) |
| Copyright
versus Copyleft |
As a writer, I want to protect what's mine. As a citizen, sometimes,
. . . (2/8/2004) |
| Who's
In Control Here? |
Mostly, we are confident that we're in charge. Sometimes,
however... (12/24/2003) |
| Analogue |
Words cannot be more than metaphors for real
experiences--or people. (12/24/2003) |
| Commitment |
Much confusion--and heartache--surrounds this word.
(11/12/2003) |
| Music
for Non-Musicians |
Music, above just about everything, touches us beyond
words. (11/6/2003) |
| Cycles
of Transcendence |
The process of "transcend and include" is not
just a spiritual event. (11/6/2003) |
| Prejudice |
It's not enough to be tolerant of other
groups. (9/22/2003) |
| Ego
and Self |
How is a sense of the self important--if the
self is only an illusion? (7/31/2003) |
| The
Big Picture |
How do we talk about transcendence? (7/3/2003) |
| Perspective |
The Good, the True, and the Beautiful--which
is truly important? (6/12/2003) |
| Mindfulness
as Larger Mind |
Intuition, wisdom--and even
enlightenment--come from mindful living (6/4/2003) |
| Assignment |
A not-taken-very-seriously assignment in my
writing group (5/2/2003) |
| The
Power of Words |
In the best of relationships, sometimes words
separate us (4/10/2003) |
| Meteors |
Falling stars and other objects.
(2/6/2003) |
| State
of the Union |
After hearing President Bush's 2003 address.
(1/30/2003) |
| Click! |
It’s the mystery of emotions that give them
such power over us. The mystery and the awe. (1/20/2003) |
| Conversations |
Right and wrong, ideals, and e-mail. (1/16/2003) |
| Intuition |
Some more poking around in
"consciousness." (11/15/2002) |
| Out
of My Mind |
Who's in charge here? Me? (11/8/2002) |
| Boomeritis |
The Baby Boomers had their important insights.
But they got stuck somewhere. (10/17/2002) |
| Family
Thoughts |
We like to think we make the important
decisions, but . . . (9/26/2002) |
| One
Life |
What's one life, more or less? (8/29/2002) |
| Telling
Stories |
It seems to be built into us, but sometimes
things interfere. (8/22/2002) |
| Small
World |
"Six degrees of separation" between
us and them. (7/18/2002) |
| Bigger
Realities |
Some things, I may understand and deal with;
others, well . . . (6/29/2002) |
| What
Comes Next? |
I don't know where all my words come from,
but I'm working on it. (6/20/2002) |
| Humor
as a higher level of consciousness |
Does insight have to be so serious?
(5/30/2002) |
|
Sometimes, everything goes wrong, but before it goes
. . . |
Bad breaks may not be the worst thing that
can happen (4/21/2002) |
| Emotional
Resonance |
If only I weren't so limited by words! (1/31/2002) |
| Extraordinary
Respect |
I wrote this some time ago for another Web
site, but it belongs here (2/10/2001) |
Insight
Meditation:
Practice Makes Perfect |
(Subtitled: A Nerd's Eye View) My
current answer to "Why do you meditate? (11/20/2001) |
| Us—and
Them |
September 11 inspired this one (9/28/2001) |
| Paradox
and Paradigm |
The changing nature of reality (8/10/2001) |
| To
Reach . . . |
About photography—and relationship
(6/26/2001) |
| I
Don't Understand |
I can't know everything about everything, of
course. But sometimes . . . (June 9, 2001) |
| Don, the Romantic |
Music does it again. A memory. (written
5/6/99, revised 3/16/2001) |
| The
Guy in the Blue Saab |
Another wondering about my own behavior
(1/31/2001, written in May, 1995) |
| The
Sound of Silence |
My love-hate relationship with it (12/13/2000) |
| Eating
is an Intimate Act |
On choosing not to eat meat (11/28/2000) |
| Evolution
of Spiritual Capacity |
What seems to be reason to hope, although we might
not (6/14/2000) |
| On
Cloning and Other Experiments . . . |
Thoughts on what we ought to do.
(4/19/2000) |
| Creativity
and Psychic Phenomena |
A small "Aha!" while reading.
(3/9/2000) |
| Magic
in My Life |
A disquieting thought about my own growth--or lack of it. (3/1/2000) |
| My Difficulty with Aaron |
What "the spirit world" does for me--and doesn't. (1/23/2000) |
| Mindfulness and Mysticism |
Must there be a connection? (5/21/99) |
| The Taste of Irony |
I wrote a kind of book review even before I had finished
reading the book. It will be interesting to me to go back to this after
I've read it all. (1/12/99) |
| Levels
of Consciousness |
Trying to understand the ideas of Ken Wilber
(9/9/1998) |
| Music Appreciation Class |
I don't know what prompts a lot of my writing. I try not to
let the impulse get away without my doing something about it.
This suddenly grew out of an experience I had. (1/14/99) |
