Since love lies at the foundation of life, all humans possess the capacity to love, but love itself is learned. We’re born able to breathe, not love. Love is developed as we learn to be less important and self-involved. This is not easy for us, since being self-important and self-involved is the frame of mind... Continue Reading →
Awe: The Key to Wisdom
“The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of God brings understanding..” Proverbs 9: 10 When I was in my early teens, I remember standing outside on a summer night and looking up at the stars. The sky was crystal-clear, without any clouds, and the Milky Way seemed extra bright, points of... Continue Reading →
The Importance of Bodies
There’s nothing like a week spent drowning in snot to remind you that you have a body. For most people, snot is a distasteful greenish-yellow goo of differing viscous states, some of which rival Gorilla Glue for adhesive power. The possibility of snot is not something you would choose if designing your own body, but... Continue Reading →
Faith Part 2
The first act of bad faith is to flee what it cannot flee, to flee what it is. - Jean-Paul Sartre Faith can be dangerous. In 1997, thirty-nine members of the Heavens Gate UFO cult happily killed themselves with drug overdoses, leaving behind upbeat suicide notes on videotape. The believers were liberating their consciousnesses from their... Continue Reading →