↓ Donuts can teach us a deep lesson about our brains and how to cease the internal chatter. Read on. A kōan is a question or statement used by a Zen master to test the quality of a student’s awakening. What is the sound of one hand clapping;...
Read MoreFrom the archive: Selected stories from the past 20 years. We learn best when we are not learning—when we make more room for silence. Scientists know all too well that we don’t know much more than other people about pretty much everything. There’s just too much to know, and no...
Read MoreSpeak Your Heart, Not Your Mind * Since when did “saying what’s on your mind,” no matter what, become an admirable quality? While freedom of speech is a constitutional right, the ability to edit what you say, before you say it, is a personal responsibility. This is...
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