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The Nearest Thing to Life
A literary critic's observations on the secular and religious modes in fiction.
Dinner with Buddha
Ruminations by a character in a novel about the value of not knowing.
Find the Good
An obituary writer on her way of transcending bad news.
The Conscious Activist
James O'Dea on the importance of becoming consciously receptive as both a mystic and an activist.
Minding the Earth, Mending the World
Susan Murphy on being grateful for what you have.
The Naked Future
Patrick Turner on why we must familiarize ourselves to new technological developments and how they work.
How to Love
Gordon Livingston on why people who like to plan and manifest a certain rigidity do not tolerate surprises or interruptions well.
Pirke Avot
William Berkson on breaking the cycle of insulting and bullying.
The Power of Receiving
Amanda Owen on why receiving is more difficult than giving.
The Power of an Open Question
Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel on our challenge to make ourselves big enough to accommodate all of life experience.