Writings
August 2, 2018
What Men Might Ask Themselves In This Time Of Me Too
Grappling with inner contradictions, and not solving them, is what distinguishes the man of wisdom and compassion.
April 13, 2017
On Using Stillness Around Others For Psychological Well-Being
Relationships are great places to practice silent inner attentiveness because they trigger a tremendous range of highly personal experiences. These moments provide opportunities to bring curiosity, acceptance, openness and love to the tender shoots of difficult material that we may have hidden from our self.
February 6, 2017
10 Tips For Introverts In These Trying Times
The aftermath of our recent American election has reminded me how hard it is to be an Introvert. My impetus for writing this piece is to give courage to a much maligned and misunderstood population, because the world may not yet realize how much it needs the introvert.
January 16, 2017
Turn on, Tune In: Working Depression Through Music
One way to understand depression is grief brought on by a misplacement of soul. Somewhere along the journey of our life we locked away our true self to keep it safe. And now we no longer remember where we hid it. By working this gap the life-giving waters of our long lost soul might be located to nourish us once again. Music is one way to assist this process.
November 22, 2016
What Is Happening To Me? A Midlife Primer.
Midlife is a phase of development as natural as the change of seasons. At this time of life Nature has built into us a drive towards becoming the person we were always meant to be. Since few seem to understand and appreciate the inner fortitude needed to navigate this journey I wanted to share my hit on what happens, why, and where it leads.
October 24, 2016
The Power Of “I Don’t Know”
Meeting others on the honest ground of uncertainty holds the promise for a genuine relationship, and provides a new and deeply corrective emotional experience
October 21, 2016
Chapter 4: Proteus and Menelaus Grappling with Transcendent Knowledge
It is one thing to hear a goddess’ song from a safe distance the way Odysseus did in the story of the Sirens. But actually wrestling with a god is another matter altogether.
October 10, 2016
Chapter 3: The Sirens- Possibility For Tasting The Totality
The Odyssey contains many stories, but the myth of the Sirens is one of Homer’s greatest gifts to us, for it is his invitation for us to participate. The entire adventure is a mere 44 lines of the 13,860-line poem, and the characters involved are few- Odysseus, the Sirens, and the crewmen.
October 3, 2016
Chapter 2: Psychological Integration in Homer’s The Odyssey
The Hero begins his odyssey undifferentiated, encounters many different beings and many pairs of opposites, integrates each encounter, expands his consciousness such that he eventually reaches the unification: a state of non-duality