I’ve read a book about developing the process to learn fast, ultralearning, but while reading Anthony de Mello’s Awareness, I got intrigued by an unexpected kind of learning, unlearning. “As one man said, “I got a pretty good education. It took me years to get...
An Arab proverb says “The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.” Both wake up, but is the ground of your life a marsh or a garden? When we state the importance of having a greater awareness of everything, it...
I’m not sure if we still care about beauty through art when most of our attention aims at taking a picture to fill up a bucket list. In a recent article for the New York Times about overtourism, Farah Nayeri observes that “People don’t just want to see the...
It’s true we walk to exercise and be healthier. But is that the true meaning of walking? As I walk and think about this I find myself walking for its own sake. I no longer know if I’m choosing the path or if the path chooses me. I walk and wonder. I...
Even if we become more mindful and begin paying greater attention, how do we know we’re paying attention to what matters? And how do we decide what matters most? We are the cosmos self-awareness and added another level of complexity to the biosphere with the...
