10/22/12 10/22/12

Room to Breathe

10/22/12 10/22/12

The Ego Will Be Asked to Open to Something Larger

"The ego wishes comfort, security, satiety; the soul demands meaning, struggle, becoming. The contention of these two voices sometimes tears us apart. Ordinary ego consciousness is crucified by these polarities. Again, the paradox emerges that in our suffering, in our symptoms, are profound clues as to the meaning of the struggle, yet the path of healing is very difficult for the apprehensive ego to accept, for the ego will be asked to be open to something larger than itself."

~ James Hollis, from Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up

10/19/12 10/19/12

Dreaming Constrained by Sensory Input

"Dreaming is perception free from external sensory constraint, while perception is dreaming constrained by sensory input — hallucinations that happen to be true."

~ Stephen LaBerge

10/14/12 10/14/12

Die Every Day

10/11/12 10/11/12

The Indispensable Silver Lining

10/9/12 10/9/12

Dust to Dust

10/9/12 10/9/12

Reward is the Most Important Part

10/8/12 10/8/12

Here Now

10/7/12 10/7/12

Other Possibilities

10/5/12 10/5/12

Through the Surface

10/6/12 10/6/12

A Mix of Power and Sweetness

9/28/12 9/28/12

The Other Way Around

9/22/12 9/22/12

Temporal Discounting

"There's a human tendency to under- or over-estimate the value of a reward based on its temporal proximity [how soon we'll get a payoff for the effort]."

9/22/12 9/22/12

The Season Changes Its Tense

"Fall, falling, fallen. That's the way the season
Changes its tense in the long-haired maples
That dot the road"

~ Edward Hirsch

9/19/12 9/19/12

stand helplessly

9/18/12 9/18/12

The Way Our Lives Speak

9/17/12 9/17/12

Already There

9/16/12 9/16/12

Wordless

9/16/12 9/16/12

Looking Back

9/15/12 9/15/12

How Can We Live Together?

"What we need to learn is how can we live together with people whose views we don't actually like very much? That's the far greater challenge, without attempting to convert them or dismissing them and denying their right to exist parallel to us. It's really about the stranger...It's basically saying we have a shared humanity even with people who don't seem to take the boxes that we have put in place in terms of recognizing what a good human is."

~ Alain de Botton