What does consciousness want? I don’t mean what do “you” want. I mean, what is consciousness fundamentally about? What is…
On the difficulty of getting our heads around "non-self" A lot of people have trouble understanding the Buddhist teaching of…
One could rightly ask: How can intangible thoughts affect tangible matter (i.e., the brain)? This question is at the heart…
Our whole education, culture, civilisation is a training in how to become unreal, and how to prevent yourself from becoming…
As the most social and loving species on the planet, we have the wonderful ability and inclination to connect with…
Lately I’ve been thinking about a kind of “case” that’s been running in my mind about someone in my extended…
I’ve always liked lizards. Growing up in the outskirts of Los Angeles, I played in the foothills near our home.…
The Nobel Prize-winning poet, Derek Walcott, asks us to imagine a time when we meet ourselves, with elation, at the…