The "Who am I?" Sleight of Hand
“Who am I?” is a method of spiritual guidance (akin to finding polynomial roots?) whereby one successively cuts down answers until the answer remains. It was... »
Personal Responsibility and Victim Blaming
In “personal development” communities and other advice I’ve seen a trend of telling people they should be responsible for, well, just about everything in their life.... »
Reading Bukowski and others
Reading some poems for my daughter Ilmeja. One of them made her disturbed. Like This »
Poetry
Poetry is life. Human experience is a fine art. Fixed form is failure: life sounds good as the drudgery sets in. Meter and rhyme are men-in-suits:... »
Meditation
Why do you meditate? I’ve done a fair bit of meditation. And I don’t have a good, clear-cut answer. I’m not far into some religious school... »