It's easy to feel that we’re the slaves of time, or at the mercy of time, or that time is a force of nature to which we are helpless or powerless. People sometimes see life as a block of time being chipped away, especially when they imagine their dreams of career and relationship … [Read more...] about The Exhausting Race against Time
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The Perils of Past, Present, and Future
Past, present, and future walk into a bar. Suddenly everyone becomes very tense. End of joke, in case you didn’t get it. Really, it’s no laughing matter if you allow past, present, and future to walk into the barroom of your mind to argue, get drunk, and start a fight. … [Read more...] about The Perils of Past, Present, and Future
Answers to Questions from Readers (Part 5)
Readers often send me emails with their comments and questions. The seven queries that I respond to here deal primarily with inner passivity. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of inner passivity, you might first read this post. My responses to the queries below are in … [Read more...] about Answers to Questions from Readers (Part 5)
The Appeal of Alternative Facts
Protectors of democracy, look deeper into the unconscious mind if you want to eliminate the alternative facts now contaminating public discourse. We need to uncover and understand the inner conflict that makes our psyche a breeding ground for perversions of truth, as well … [Read more...] about The Appeal of Alternative Facts
Unmasking Fear Itself
Writing is an art, and I do occasionally like to play around with its styles, forms, devices, and different genres. My intention is to communicate serious matters in a playful, effective manner. Here, with some risk of pedantic overstepping, I lump together fiction, satire, and … [Read more...] about Unmasking Fear Itself