Foreground and Background
An experiment, which was provoked by an interesting study. People were shown paintings for a minute or so, and then were asked to describe what they saw. Participants in Western cultures...
The Companionship of the Present
The real challenge any of us faces isn’t a matter of figuring out how to live, or how to see the world, or how to think about life – although...
48 hours, and freedom of choice
We exercise choice all the time. Sometimes we exercise choices that we made decades ago, and which have persevered through the years by sheer habit. By contrast, freedom of choice...
The Danger or the Dance?
I’ve been thinking about the choices we make, and the ones we seem to deliberately avoid making, and how they shape everything we see when we look around us. Our...
On intimacy
It seems to me that the issue of being present is one that almost entirely depends on a willingness to permit intimacy. How intimately do you allow yourself to feel...
Coals and floating screens
Home used to be “where the hearth is.” In days gone by, people coming into a house or a pub or shop would gravitate to the hearth, find comfort there,...
Mystery, Serendipity, and Re-enchantment
In a way the sentiment expressed above lies at the heart of my book and my work, both of which are driven by a deep desire – a love, a...
Our task as humans
I don’t think we ever solve the larger issues of our lives – nor do I think that is our task on this earth. The most valuable work we do...
My work in a nutshell
The essence of my work is this: the center of female consciousness in each of us lies in the pelvic bowl; the center of our male consciousness resides in the...