A confused mind is not one that does not know, it is one that thinks it does when it doesn’t. One who does not know and says, “I’m confused,” is one with an open mind. You cannot be confused about something you have no experience of. You can be uncertain when you are given conflicting […]
Those of us who want to do good works in the world may say we are giving selflessly, but if it’s born of a desire to do goodself then is it selfless? If it’s a choice that we could “grow out of” or change our minds about when it becomes an inconvenience or an impediment […]
We have a word for the love of wisdom and it is “philosophy.” But only the unwise love wisdom, for the source of wisdom is not outside of you. Wisdom becomes knowledge, becomes an externally communicated mental construct, for those not emanating wisdom. Wisdom becomes an it, a something you collect and marvel over, not […]
Pretty much every time I log onto Facebook now I’m greeted by an ad from a certain “earthy” network that is cleverly disguised as a friend’s post. This is a network that promotes New Age crap the way TED Talks promote… well… anything at this point. Lately, the ads targeting me are of a lecture […]
Sometimes I get stuck in my head when writing these essays. I put them down and look at them later, often to find that I’ve tripped myself up with verbiage, that I’m not really writing what I think I’m saying. And then I have to rethink where the essay is going and if there are […]
She writes about how we’re a chorus of one. One voice through multiple mouths, and that voice is love. She knows how to hit the right notes in her books, this is for certain, judging by her large following. Like swarming insects they are attracted to buzzwords. She knows them all and has created a […]
You’ve heard me say it. You’ve seen me write it. It’s the same thing Krishnamurti and a few others in the I know something you don’t circle have said in years past: I am not a teacher. Is that true? It sure feels like you’re learning, right? And I’m giving (or selling) knowledge and possibility, […]
The other day, someone I friended on Facebook, whom I know nothing about, wrote a comment that was incongruous with the post he was commenting on. I made a joke of it and he angrily (one assumes from the misspelling and exclamation mark) said, “Proof me wrong!” He had listed three things I cannot prove […]