Good, Paradox and Oblivion

What is the difference between paradox and nonsense? I have listened to any number of lectures, talks, and simple conversations and walked away simply shaking my head wondering if there was any sense in what I just heard regarding the use of the term paradox. Merely matching up mutually exclusive phenomenon and then declaring them…

We have had two trials this month of national importance. In both trials it seems justice was served, but to what end? Both parties, former President and current President’s son were found guilty by a jury. Both parties face sentencing which is a guideline enriched form of judgement in itself. This is why we have…

Nouf Aljowaysir is a young woman who lived Saudi Arabia until she moved to the United States, who like so many people in this age of disapora finds herself no longer in the country of her birth, and feeling a need that needs to be met.  In that search, she produced a twelve minute documentary published…

I heard a promotion for a workshop on the topic of ‘nonduality’. The gist was that word nonduality was catching fire and people were flocking to the resources and readings regarding that term. Imagine going to the average coffee shop that serves only two forms of brew; caffeinated and non caffeinated and then ask the…

I pulled this quote from the New York Times in my morning reading. For not entirely explainable reasons a quote from the work of Friedrich Nietzsche struck me as very important for us all in this era of image. UmaSofia Srivastava, now former Miss Teen USA from New Jersey in her letter of resignation to…

David Brooks quotes Howard Thurman in his New York Times piece (5/10/24 How to Create a Society That Prizes Decency. The article so precisely illuminates the importance of starting your considerations for future actions or expressions from within. And that is what The Good Decision project is all about. Brooks writes: Thurman emphasizes that Jesus…

Real change can be traumatic.  Change will always be work.  Anyone who has ever oared a river raft has had a crash course in this thing called change.  The peaceful river can put one to sleep, but in a couple of heart beats the river’s course can drop in altitude doubling your speed and momentum…

In this last month, I have traveled through many of the towns in which I have lived over the course of my life thus far. In this journey I have had coffee and conversations with many old friends and delivered a eulogy for one who has passed. A couple of themes emerged as I made…

There is a frank and direct discomfort, if not pain, in any action one takes that generates moral dissonance within one’s considerations. When you cross grain what you believe to be good you will feel the ‘soul scratch’. I frequently hear about people going to polls ‘holding their noses’ before they vote. Invariably this means…