I think Nietzsche nailed it — but I will get to that in a moment. In the nineteen-fifties a Beat Generation began to disobey the status quo in America. We know the rest of the story: the angry young men (and women) grew wise and invited their little brothers andContinue Reading

The ego, as Eckhart Tolle describes it, is like a defense mechanism gone out of control, which eventually imperils our personal growth. Conscious Ritualing provides us with a safe way to lure the ego out of its comfort zone, so that we can accomplish more with our lives. In earlyContinue Reading

Perhaps we only feel our pure self in specific moments: the moment when the sun goes down or the weather changes; in a crisis or during those awkward, brief moments when etiquette fails us. At most times, our “self” is just a reflection of our familiar landmarks and pathways, whichContinue Reading