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“These are the times in life — when nothing happens — but in quietness the soul expands.” Not often — a handful of times in a lifetime, if you are lucky — you come upon a work of thought and feeling — a book, a painting, a song — that becomes a fountain to which…

Where we go when we go to sleep and why we go there is one of the great mysteries of the mind. Why the mind at times refuses to go there, despite the pleading and bargaining of its conscious owner, is a greater mystery still. We know that ever since REM evolved in the bird…

“The meaning of life… clearly has to do with love — what and whom and how one can love.” Meaning is not something we find — it is something we make, and the puzzle pieces are often the fragments of our shattered hopes and dreams. “There is no love of life without despair of life,”…

This Father’s Day, what dogged thing will you do to be more free? Share this… Linkedin Facebook Twitter

If we can model a fly brain, and run that fly in a sim, we might do it with us. We live in the age of the brain, and relational machines, when we can do so much more than ever. Share this… Linkedin Facebook Twitter

A screen that answers back can teach a child to think, or teach them not to. Share this… Linkedin Facebook Twitter

Think you just “hate driving”? Discover the hidden mechanics of freeway phobia and how to finally take back the wheel. Share this… Linkedin Facebook Twitter

The experiences of incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II have much to teach about intergenerational trauma and healing. Share this… Linkedin Facebook Twitter

I couldn’t stand up. The sun was setting over a remote beach, we were out of water, there was no cell service, and walking wasn’t an option.      A few hours earlier, none of that seemed possible. Looking back, I realize this experience taught me more about service than any professional training ever did. When I…