Strong Emotions
Scientists are only beginning to understand the complexity that is human emotion. How does the trill of a songbird evoke delight in one,...
Scientists are only beginning to understand the complexity that is human emotion. How does the trill of a songbird evoke delight in one,...
The Indian teacher Ramana Maharshi recommended the technique of self-enquiry to discover the unreality or illusory nature of the proxy-i,...
The breath is a chord that connects us to this life. Meditators use the breath as a guide to awakening and approach it with reverence....
I am the son, nephew, and grandson of Pentecostal and Protestant ministers. I meditate religiously. Within the Judeo-Christian tradition,...
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself (I am large, I contain multitudes). -Walt Whitman War/peace, happy/sad,...
In my 19 years of schooling, I was never explicitly taught how to maintain equanimity; but I did learn that an equilateral triangle was...
This post is a compilation of past essays on exercise, fitness, and movement. I started the day with an hour of meditation and breath...
October 18, 2022 Two weeks ago, my son, 12, challenged me to try and pass the Navy SEALs physical fitness test. Minimum requirements: a...
Nociception: Physiological pain component, which consists of the processes of transduction, transmission, and modulation of neural...