To be inspired, we must always be open and receptive to (ready to “take in”) the creative energies that might infuse and influence us. But inspiration is more than just the “in” side.

What does modern neuroscience have to say about our sense of self? Is there really any permanent, essential self to us at all?

If life without television means we spend more time talking to one another, should we really go ahead and get it fixed?

I’ve always wondered why some people have such a pressing desire to “see the world.” Recently, I stumbled upon the work of Dr. Michael Brein, who has developed a sort of “psychology of travel.”

No one has yet come up with a full explanation for why time seems to accelerate as we get older, but there are some theories to account for this disturbingly real phenomenon.

Buddhism, as a religious and/or philosophical enquiry, has been pointing the way towards the casting off of the self for the last 2,500 years.

Taking time. That’s the secret. If you don’t take it, it will surely slip quietly and all too quickly away.