by Admin | Dec 13, 2010 | Children, college, creativity, E-model, Generation E, high school, meditation, Parenting, young adults
It is almost here, the December solstice, the one that coincides with the end of our calendar year. In the United States the winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, in South Africa it is the longest. As I have noted in previous blogs time is a concept of...
by Admin | Nov 6, 2010 | Children, college, creativity, E-model, Generation E, high school, meditation, Parenting, young adults
What is Time? Such a seemingly simple question but it can lead to intensely elusive searches for a concept that defies easy answers. Sure we have schedules, and clocks, and calendars based by our ancient forebears on their observations of the wheeling stars and...
by Admin | Aug 22, 2010 | Children, college, creativity, E-model, fiction, Generation E, high school, meditation, mind structure, young adults
The world is changing, yes, I know, it always is, but in many ways at this juncture of space and time, change is speeding up and seems to be happening around us as we watch. “The time is out of joint” said Prince Hamlet and cursed his fate that he “had to set it...
by Admin | Apr 18, 2010 | Children, creativity, high school, human rights, meditation, mind structure, young adults
On April 7, PBS broadcast a two-hour documentary “Buddha” a journey through the life and times of the historical Buddha who lived in north eastern Indian two thousand five hundred years ago. The documentary is also an introduction to his teachings. One of...
by Admin | Feb 21, 2010 | Children, college, creativity, Generation E, high school, Parenting, Uncategorized, young adults
Every four years the Winter Olympics come around and I am hooked. I love the speed of downhill skiing and bobsled races. I cannot comprehend the luge and feel distraught at the death of the young Georgian on the first day of these 2010 games in springlike gorgeous...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2010 | Children, college, creativity, Generation E, high school, meditation, mind structure, Parenting, reconciliation, young adults
This weekend I had some discussion with a high-level member of an organization that focuses on reconciling differences between Israeli settlers and Israeli Arabs. Old feuds and resentments run deep. Who took whose land from whom? We can go back thousands of years...
