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I love history. Knowing where we came from and how we got here is important. “Real” history—not the fairy-tale version we seem to prefer—tea...

Two sides: Winning and losing. Many years ago, my Zen teacher told me: “Once you open your eyes, without bias, you’ll be amazed how many les...

The recent debacle in Washington brings into sharp focus a fundamental flaw in our way of thinking and thus how we wrestle with problem-solv...

From time to time, I’ve written about the related matters of dogma, close-mindedness, delusion, and bias. My observations ordinarily st...

Global Interconnectivity. As I write this post, 91 days remain  until the next  US presidential  election. We are now living in the pos...

Ignorance based fear. A while ago I came across a greeting card, intended as encouragement, that said, “Don’t let reality get in the...

Moving mountains. The Buddha said we all suffer because we attach ourselves to ephemeral things: here today, gone tomorrow. Attachment to in...

“Dogma” is the thorn in our collective side. It is always heated, exuberant, and close-minded. The message of dogma is one of self-righteou...

Allegedly we are a nation based on fixed principles articulated in The Constitution and reinforced by moral beliefs (mostly Christian). With...

Spiritual homeostasis Homeostasis defined: “Homeostasis is a characteristic of a system that regulates its internal environment and te...

Law and Order? In 1970 Alvin Toffler wrote and published Future Shock , a book many considered to have caused a paradigm shift in how ...