In his book, Falling into Grace: insights on the end of suffering, Adyashanti tells a story from his childhood about how he finally understood why adults seemed so unhappy at times. He realized they suffer because they confuse reality with… Continue Reading
“I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return. Above all, I have been a sentient… Continue Reading
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” ~ Joseph Campbell ~ In the future, when we look back, we may call it the COVID Collapse, a cliff really, that the human… Continue Reading
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in… Continue Reading
“There’s no way I can say the words more plainly There’s no one left to point at anymore It’s you and me and we must make the choice now And not destroy the life we’re living for.” -Peter Yarrow, Greenwood,… Continue Reading
“A human being is a spatially and temporally limited piece of the whole, what we call the ‘Universe.’ He experiences himself and his feelings as separate from the rest, an optical illusion of his consciousness. The quest for liberation from… Continue Reading
“The world from our childhood is no longer here. Our young children today are seeing so much change, but it is difficult for them to understand the pace. We are losing so much of our culture and connections to the… Continue Reading
“We basically have three choices: mitigation, adaptation and suffering. We’re going to do some of each. The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation will be required and the less… Continue Reading
Back in February 2014, I published a piece here at ANC about how I first learned about the famed clinical psychologist and researcher, Dr. Steven C. Hayes, a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. Here… Continue Reading
“The meek may eventually inherit the Earth but first we need the geeks to save it for them.” -Me “And I suggest…that your spirit grow in curiosity, that your life be richer than it is, that you bow to the… Continue Reading
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