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We have two views of the universe. On the surface we have a cold and vast universe that routinely blows up entire solar systems. This universe is cold and heartless and has little room for our day-to-day worries. The other … Continue reading →

Yoga philosophy tells us that the primary cause of suffering is our identification with the mind and/or the body. There’s evidence of that on every flyer, every other television-commercial, every anti-aging campaign, and filling rows upon rows of dietary and … Continue reading →

When the boys of a small floating fishing village in Southern Thailand decided to create a soccer team, the villagers laughed at them. They were right. To play soccer you need land and this village had none. Undeterred the boys … Continue reading →

“Watch out! You nearly broad sided that car!” My father yelled at me. “Can’t you do anything right?” Those words hurt worse than blows. I turned my head toward the elderly man in the seat beside me, daring me to … Continue reading →

I am “out­ing” myself: I have suf­fered from depres­sion since child­hood, even though I did not know what to call my per­sis­tent, cycli­cal blues until 1993. When I turned 40, the depres­sion started wors­en­ing — in another era it would be called … Continue reading →