(or: meaning is antimemetic) I'm lying in my living room and my coffee table's freighted with stuff. Lots and lots of books, loose notecards, baggies, coasters, a hat, a plastic bag, a notebook, a water bottle, an XBOX controller, a couple shoe horns. So very much
I. Defining connection I seek connection but I don't know what it is and I want to. At a meditation retreat this summer, I attended a series of classes or workshops about "spacious connection." I've attended other similar courses with this group before. I&
On a flight recently, I found myself talking to the passenger next to me. It took me a while to initiate; I wanted to speak up and had plenty of opportunity, but something held me back. But I did end up talking to him, and I found a particular approach
I read a fair number of meditation books. In the last three years since I started meditating, I read about 15-18 such books. Searchless Responsiveness is one of the densest. It has five "interstitials" — stream -of-consciousness interludes between themed sections. These are a page or two long, with
A prime example: "What will I order for dinner?" If there's a question among N options, then they appear about equally good according to different criteria. The consequences are minor — the (dis)pleasure of one night's meal. Nobody else is likely to care much