This topic was suggested to me by one of my patients as a good subject with which to start the holiday season. With the onslaught of costumed sugar addicts at my door the other night, I would say the holidays are officially in full swing. Somehow the season of good cheer also is the season […]
One of the benefits of my new lease Subaru is a few months of free Sirius XM satellite radio. I have had the radio set to 50’s on 5, so I have been listening to music from the 50’s for the last two months. I never heard any of this music when I was young […]
Last week Ellen and I re-watched the Joseph Campbell / Bill Moyer PBS special “The Power of Myth.” I first saw this almost 30 years ago and the basic message has stuck with me ever since. Joseph Campbell studied the cultural myths all over the world and found certain themes were common to every culture. The […]
Winter solstice was a couple days ago; the shortest darkest day of the year. It seems like only a couple weeks ago we were basking in endless sunlight anticipating fall. Winter is an excellent metaphor for the experience of life. We all experience times of “winter” in our lives; times of sadness, fear, and pain. […]
Normally I only do one philosophy article each month, but early this morning I awoke to thoughts about Valentine’s Day and the beliefs and perspectives we have about the whole love game. It was too early to get up so I decided to access higher wisdom and ask some questions about this arena of life. […]
When we stand on the edge of the now moment and look into the unknown, our heart may find itself feeling uneasy. I liken this uneasy feeling to the quivering of muscles just before they burst into action. In this case the heart area is where our “wing” muscles attach. While this is a metaphor, […]