Reading Time: Just under 3 minutes What is a suitable, lasting, reliable standard for life? What, in short, is the Way? This morning I went for a run on Houston street…. Read more »
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Attending to Time
Reading Time: Just over 7 minutes Live deeply, broadly, and grandly. Be spiritually ambitious. Engage with life. Act. Ask questions. Answer them. Test your answers . . . “Yes, all that might… Read more »
What is the Language of Autumn?
Reading Time: Just over 4 minutes We prepare for the year’s end, or next year’s beginning, with hope and energy in our hearts: reading and writing or preparing the garden… Read more »
Summer Retreat
We are off to Kyoto for summer retreat and we’ll be back in New York on July 26th. We will still be checking voicemail, email and text messages. The next article… Read more »
Rilke’s Temple: Rilke 4/4
Reading Time: 8 minutes Rilke has given us words to protect those parts of ourselves that help us stay open to fundamental questions about life. And should we lose this capacity,… Read more »
Rilke’s Noble Lie: Rilke 3/4
Reading time: 8 minutes The notion of a noble lie, or the magnificent myth raises important questions for anyone interested in thinking about how to live . . . Rilke… Read more »
How Rilke Might Steer You Wrong: Rilke 2/4
Reading Time: Just under 11 minutes Rilke seduces us with a sense of self-reliant freedom, suggesting that we can do anything we want, since all activities and interests yield equal results…. Read more »
Treasures from a Poet About How to Live: Rilke 1/4
Reading Time: Just under 6 minutes How to Live: You are looking outside, and that is what you should most avoid right now. No one can advise or help you—no one… Read more »
Jeff Koons vs. The Willow
Reading time: 5 minutes On the property of an abandoned temple in Japan there is a willow that has fallen into a shed as a result of the wind and… Read more »
How to Make Your Phone a Good Thing
Reading time: 3 minutes Friends bring out the best in each other. So, how can you bring the best out of your smartphone, and how can your smartphone bring the… Read more »
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