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After the Ecstasy, the Reckoning

Do you want peace or bliss? Tranquility or excitement? Serenity or ecstasy? It is not easy to have both. The fanatics, such as drug addicts and hermits, will strive for the extremes. Most of us will have more moderate aspirations. A harmonious, well-ordered life is... Read more

A formula for inner peace

Peace comes in many forms from the transient to the eternal, from the trivial to the sublime. ‘Peace at last!’, says the mother when the kids are finally in bed. Peace in politics means the cessation of hostilities, which would seem like Heaven to the... Read more

The Hard Facts

We think of wise people as being grounded, down-to-earth, in touch with reality, and willing to call a spade a spade. They disdain hype and spin, and unerringly hone in on the hard facts of any matter. They can’t help but see things ‘as they really... Read more

What kind of Enlightenment?

Indian philosophy says we pass through three states of mind each day: the waking state, the dream state and the deep sleep state. Most people are conscious if at all in the waking stage. The average meditator will get occasional glimpses of the dream state. Only a... Read more

A Working Model of the Future

Yesterday is gone forever and tomorrow is impossible to predict. Both the past and the future seem vanishingly faint and ghostly when compared to the earthy solidity of this minute. Yet virtually all of us, with the exception of newborn infants, operate with some... Read more

Solitude and Silence

My passion for solitude started very early. I was always walking away from home. At the age of four, I loved to explore the creek with the pussy willow trees behind the house. At six, I would roam all alone through the steep forested hills behind the zoo, enchanted by... Read more