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Are you a fox or hedgehog?

Are you a fox or hedgehog?

Jul 11, 2018 / 1:00 pm

Many of us still bear the scars from high-school science classes, from memorizing facts, figures and laws — Boyle’s law, the laws of motions,...

That's no bull

That's no bull

Apr 28, 2018 / 1:00 pm

Zen has a wonderful, 900-year-old pictorial story, which, in modern terminology, would be called no bull. It's actually called the Ox-herding Pictures, and...

Faith in everything

Faith in everything

Mar 16, 2018 / 6:00 am

Faith can not only move mountains, it can transform lives, even the lives of the agnostic and the atheist. Many have lost faith in religion, given up on the...

Kindness is best prescription

Kindness is best prescription

Feb 21, 2018 / 11:00 am

Pharmaceutical companies must love cold-and-flu season. Even the people who don’t go to the doctor buy chemical concoctions to make them feel better. But...

Keep it simple

Keep it simple

Feb 3, 2018 / 11:00 am

The simple truth is life is not complicated, but we choose to make it so. Newton’s third law of motion applies to our life as much as it does physics: to...

We think too much

We think too much

Dec 28, 2017 / 6:00 am

The average North American is as addicted as any junkie shooting up in a back alley. And, unlike the junkie, we lie about our dependence. We live in an...

Power of the equation

Power of the equation

Dec 14, 2017 / 11:00 am

The equation that shook the foundations of science and changed the world 112 years ago can be a platform on which to build a philosophy of life today. Albert...

Act like the cat

Act like the cat

Nov 16, 2017 / 1:00 pm

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” said Alice. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said...

You have a right to be here

You have a right to be here

Oct 23, 2017 / 1:00 pm

Even though we know better, we re-inforce and re-affirm what we don’t want. The more we repeatedly think and act in a particular way, the more we become...

Solving the mystery of you

Solving the mystery of you

Sep 30, 2017 / 6:00 am

As we tell, and re-tell, ourselves our stories, what genre do we use: drama, romance, comedy, tragedy, farce? At times, we use every method, but one worth...

Take another road home

Take another road home

Sep 16, 2017 / 5:00 pm

Life thrives on chaos, but we want order and dulling routine. We prefer the safety of habit to the unpredictability of the new and unexpected. Our ancestors...

And there was light

And there was light

Aug 28, 2017 / 3:00 pm

In the beginning, there was light. On that point, religion and science agree. There is, however, a slight disagreement over when and how the light was turned...

You get what you give

You get what you give

Aug 14, 2017 / 6:00 am

The Me Generation never quite grasped that the ultimate purpose of life is to be of service to others. We were too busy looking out for No. 1. Our mantra was:...

All around you beauty

All around you beauty

Aug 9, 2017 / 11:00 am

Our soul is calling us to the barricades to launch a revolution, an inner revolution. Revolutions change the world. Twelve thousand years ago, the Agricultural...

The best gift: yourself

The best gift: yourself

Jul 26, 2017 / 11:00 am

We sometimes spend considerable time and money looking for just the right present for friends or family. We run around the mall, stumble into stores, check the...

Searching for peace

Searching for peace

Jul 17, 2017 / 11:00 am

In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Big Daddy (Burl Ives) in a sad voice says to his son, Brick, played by Paul Newman, “Son, you know you got a real liquor...

Getting what we don't want

Getting what we don't want

Jul 12, 2017 / 1:00 pm

Even though we know better, we re-inforce and re-affirm what we don’t want. The more we think and act in a particular way, the more we become unconscious...

Shout yes at the silver moon

Shout yes at the silver moon

Jul 3, 2017 / 1:00 pm

Life doesn’t ask much of us; only that we say yes, especially when we want to say no. It’s easy to affirm life when things are going our way, when...

Searching for the big secret

Searching for the big secret

Jun 25, 2017 / 3:00 pm

Some people spend a lot of time and money looking for a philosophy, a concept, a belief, a way to make our lives more bearable. We take yoga, martial arts,...

Don't forget dad

Don't forget dad

Jun 18, 2017 / 3:00 pm

Most spiritual traditions instruct us to honour our mother and father. In generations past, honour was a much-used word — from the mythical battleground...

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