Feb 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Think of a pencil. What a quiet, nimble, slender and stubby wonder-worker he is! At his touch, worlds leap into being; a tiger with no danger, a steam-roller with no weight, a palace at no cost. All children are alive to the spell of pencils and crayons, of making something, as it were, from nothing. . .
read moreJan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Think of a typical noun-verb goal, something for which you frequently hanker. Be honest rather than politically correct. Some people may have deep desires to establish world peace, stop global warming, and end poverty, but maybe you actually think more about, I dunno, reaching your target weight.
read moreDec 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Randy Williams, an artist and professor, suggests trying “aesthetic meditation”—looking at objects with a concentrated focus. Experience your own visceral response to the object and at the same time, refrain from naming, categorizing, or describing it.
read moreDec 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
When I try to deal with the political craziness in the world with my mind alone, I get so frustrated that I feel like that old commercial where an egg is frying in a red-hot skillet: “This is your brain on drugs.” Except that it’s “This is your left brain on fear.”
read moreOct 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Holding a hot cup of coffee — or a freezing bowl of ice cream — can affect how you interact with people, according to researchers at Yale and the University of Colorado. Our sense of touch, they say, impacts our relationships.
read moreOct 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
The soul brings with it the experience of The Sacred Heart; the exploded heart, the heartfield. As soul takes over, the heart expands so rapidly that it becomes not a thing, but an environment to live within.
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