Infinite Mindfulness

We all go through phases in our lives where we start to feel like everything has no meaning, no flavor anymore. What used to bring us joy no longer moves us. We feel like we’re just going through the motions. And it’s hard to remember our purpose. Perhaps you’re feeling stuck in that burnout rightContinue reading “Infinite Mindfulness”

Meet Me in the Middle

An old college friend once posted, “I’m from the middle of the country, and my political views are exactly the same – they fall right in the middle.” It was a tense election season, and I, swept up in the rhetoric of one side, could not relate. Didn’t the middle mean that you were onlyContinue reading “Meet Me in the Middle”

Seeing Healing

Last month, I brought home from my daughter’s Bat Mitzvah reception three plants wrapped in foil. Since our apartment is small, I left them on the balcony. I thought it would be a good way to let Nature take care of the plants and not to have to worry much about them. After a fewContinue reading “Seeing Healing”

Growing through Up and Down

One day in Tai Chi class, my instructor said something that surprised me. When you’re experiencing a lot of Yang energy and everything is going strong, he said, expect Yin to come along. In other words, when you’ve been flying high for some time, expect to come down. When life is easy, expect it toContinue reading “Growing through Up and Down”

Asking the Big Questions

The other day a reader on Facebook contacted me. He wanted to get a professional philosopher’s take on a question. “What do you think…,” he asked, “of the meaning of existence?” “Well, that’s a big question,” I could hear my own advisor answering in my head.  In academic philosophy, we are trained to be veryContinue reading “Asking the Big Questions”