Happiness...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau said, "Every man wants to be happy but in order to be so he needs first to understand what happiness is." Understand "what" happiness is? Don't we all know "what" it is?  Maybe not. Ask people what happiness is and you'll get as many different definitions as there are flavors

posted 9:12:53pm May. 24, 2013 | read full post »

How to Control Your Mind and Thoughts?
Maybe you don't have any trouble with your thoughts, but I do. Thoughts pop into my mind without my permission faster than a mosquito bites my skin on a sweltering summer afternoon. And, equally without my permission. Descartes, father of modern philosophy, pointed to both the distinguishing char

posted 7:33:23pm May. 20, 2013 | read full post »

I Was Born with a "W H Y" Chromosome...
I was born with a "W H Y" chromosome which is why I've been asking questions all my life. Unfortunately, many religious people are threatened whenever you question faith. But, my own opinion is, until you question your faith, you have no faith. Yes, of course, you may have beliefs.  And, many of t

posted 11:41:37am May. 19, 2013 | read full post »

The Madness that Must End Among Christians...
The Dalai Lama is coming to Louisville this Sunday. I was thinking the other day, "It's about time. After all, I visited his part of the world for the first time when I was but fourteen." It's true. It was the first of many trips around the world that I was fortunate to take. My mother was a t

posted 12:42:56pm May. 17, 2013 | read full post »

Seeing the Most Obvious...or, the Measure of Enlightenment
Two little fish are swimming along in the ocean one morning when they meet with an older fish who casually asks them, "Hello fella's, how's the water today?" They responded with equal casualness, "Fine, sir" and then, they continued to swim on. After a moment passed, one of the younger fish turns

posted 6:33:47pm May. 15, 2013 | read full post »