PATHWAYS OF POSSIBILITY

In the following article, Jean Ebert proposes an exercise to begin to approach this simple yet profound question. Why are we here? Maybe you've asked yourself this question many times in your life. And maybe not. Whatever the case may be for you, here's an exercise that you might want to try. Why are we here? Us. Human Beings. A species on a planet. It is quite a question to ask oneself. And to ask oneself without immediately trying to fill in an answer. If you wa

From the time we are born, we are subject to outside influences that shape us in one way or another. So how much of us is really us? Here Teresa Sullivan offers her thoughts. Sensing One's Self “No, no, no. Do it this way.” Has anyone ever said this to you? So much of our life, we are expected, instructed and directed to conform. As a baby, you watch your parents and do as they do, absorbing like a sponge the fundamentals of living. It gives you a good start in life. This c

What does it mean to be resourceful? Here Dana Hoffer finds inspiration in an old television show viewed with fresh eyes. He’s trapped in a deep pit, an IV dripping numbing drugs into his veins, his hands handcuffed. Then… He rips out the IV with his teeth, uses the needle to pick the lock on the cuffs, builds a satellite transmitter from a TV antenna, prevents an atomic bomb from detonating over Los Angeles, turns detergent and a toothpick into a smoke bomb, and leaps from a