Immersing ourselves in Nature, with its “harsh and exciting” landscapes and forces, moves us beyond the polarities of good and evil, the polarities of daily life. Heavens, whether they be on puffy clouds with everyone dressed in white or filled with two hundred virgins, and hells – usually below the earth and fiery – are irrelevant. Everything is right here, and the urge to make some parts of it good… Read More »
I was at a retreat this past weekend, where our group addressed and explored the third and final stage of the heroic journey – the Return. After the first stage, where our protagonists respond to a “Call to Adventure,” for a time leaving the familiarity of their previously-known lives to explore all that might be beyond that – fluid and shifting, emotionally rich and challenging… inspiring, frightening and freeing –… Read More »
I’m recently back from two weeks in the Anza Borrego Desert in southeast California and I’m still digesting the journey. There is something liberating in calling an experience a journey. Journeys can be defined in many ways — they usually have a beginning, middle and end and can be bracketed by time, place, or process (like travel). But what I find to be compelling is the sense that “no feeling… Read More »
Our current paradigm of knowledge, rooted in reason, logic, and the scientific method, originates from the Greek tradition. “Logos” is the Greek word for “word.”
Logic, identified with reason, is a process of expression, a means of bringing forth and articulating concepts that are fundamental and beyond the direct reach of the words used to elucidate those deeper thoughts. Thus, in the Bible we read, “In the beginning was the… Read More »
Adam and Newton: The Apple and the Fig
The current age desperately needs a new mythology. We’ve inherited ways of looking at the world that no longer work, that are unsustainable and have toxic consequences. We still live under the influence of paradigms that are centuries or millennia old, paradigms that are unable to provide us with the insights and tools necessary to lead a life in balance, a… Read More »
