I was reading through  Dr. Wayne Dyer’s works when, in the book Wishes Fulfilled, I came across several quotations from the book Three Magic Words by U. S. Anderson. Curious, I read the later book only to reread it five or ten times, for it is one of the finest nonfiction books I have ever come...

1. The flowers on the office window sill; Ornaments of beauty and objects of care, Small totems in green with occasional bloom, Witnesses of the withering of workers And interchanging of desks. With their backs turned to all of this Their flower eyes fixed on the sun. 2. Observe the tree tops. Frisky...

Agenda or abstract? Even amateurs in yoga or in some meditative practices come by a little Sanskrit. Words like āsana (meaning a position that is steady and comfortable), drishti (focused gaze), or vinyasa (linking movement with breath) are commonly heard even in the most Westernized yoga studios. Yet...

Alan Watts, early 1970s (Image courtesy of Everett Collection) “Getting rid of your ego is the biggest ego trip going in town. And the joke of it all is that your ego does not exist.”  Here is a man you should meet. By meet, I mean read his books or listen to his recorded lectures since Alan Watts left...

Around eleven o’clock in the evening, Brandon raced out of the house and soon was on the highway, driving towards the city. Nia’s words still echoed in his head, “You absentminded ducky.” His wife always had a sense of humor in such situations, while he remained acutely self-conscious and irritable....

At the University Of Sofia, Bulgaria, I played several roles during the course of almost 10 years. I was a student (Bachelor, Master, and PhD), a researcher, and a teacher. I learned and taught, applied for funding, did field work, lab work, and data analysis, and wrote research papers, a Master’s, and...

I learn about the American 19th century author Henry David Thoreau from speakers such as Wayne Dyer and Les Brown and through popular quotes you may also have heard of like: “If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet...

I have in my library a 700 page volume with the selected works of the French author Anatole France, yet to my shame from it I have only read Thaïs. This work was suggested by Alan Watts in one of his lectures as an example that illustrates how asceticism cannot lead to enlightenment, but rather to a...

Arthur was on a coding rampage. For most of the week, the keyboard tapping was interrupted only by his most urgent necessities, some of which were done in front of the screen. All these sacrifices would be worth it – the lack of leisure and sleep, the stiffness of the neck and shoulders, the constant...