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Put an animal in a cage. Divide the cage with a small fence. Shock the animal when it occupies the left side of the cage.
What will it do?
Jump to the other, non-electrified side of the cage. Just as yo...
Every year, I think itâs my imagination. Now I know that it isnât.
Most mornings, I get up early to walk four or five miles as a way to start my day. The last few years, I have noticed something unexpe...
Like most things, itâs a double-edged sword, a tool.
A hammer can be used to build a house, or commit homicide.
Mindset is much more powerful.
Mindset created the hammer, defined civilization, built worl...
Observation is the first step in learning.
We become aware of something visually, emotionally or through some other combination of senses, thought and intuition.
That experience becomes an observation t...
A mysticâs musings on the interplay of intellect and intuition.
I know youâve felt it.
Or at least, I hope you have.
Magic is real, and it permeates our world.
Iâm not talking about that particular form o...
Itâs a term we use to describe a very human situation in very psychological parameters.
Locus of control is just a fancy way to say, âTo what degree are you in charge of your life?â
The phrase was coine...
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
It happens all through nature, all the time.
And it happens with us.
If it survives long enough, a caterpillar eventuallyâinev...
We have a mouse problem. Many believe that they came here in the shipments of goods destined for the big box retail stores in our small town. They wreak havoc and destroy property. A friend of mine wh...
âEngageâŠâ
There was something about the way Jean-Luc Picard said it, sitting there at the bridge of the Enterprise with calm intensity, large and in-charge. You knew that when you heard âEngage,â somet...
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An Existential Excavation
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We tend to live as though we are immortal.
We devote our time and energy to meaningless pursuits: a fancier car, a bigger house, more stuff. Hours spent scrolling and...
There it is again.
Singing in the shower, and suddenly an unseen hand drives an ice pick through my vocal cordsâno sound will come, save ragged gasps and strangled yelps. My face is wet from more than ...
How Thought and Action Modify Your Biology, Your Life, and the Future
For decades, we believed that we are born with a fixed blueprintâthat a spiral-shaped molecule in our cells called deoxyribonucleic...
So youâve lost everything youâve worked for. All the people you trusted have betrayed you. Againâand maybe several times overâyou find yourself having to start from scratch.
Or you are dealing with iss...
You start out with the best of intentions: get up, do some exercise, make breakfast, get on with your day. You know how good it will feel when you check all those things off your to-do list and can ju...
âThese are the good old daysâ - Carly Simon (Anticipation, 1971)
Iâm as guilty as anyone. I can allow myself to focus on what I donât have, what I am working to create, to be. I can fall into a âdefici...
