Monthly Archives: April 2005

Many humans long to believe that they are right and other people are wrong, that people will be punished for what they do that is wrong. We like to believe that those that do right will be rewarded and the … Continue reading →

Humanity has always had a love-hate relationship with pleasure, especially “fleshy” pleasures, or pleasures of the body. On the one hand, pleasure is enjoyable and sought after, and for good reason. Every pleasure that the human body has comes with … Continue reading →

We all carry multiple selves with us. The Hero. The Lover. When we interact with other people, each person has a self that speaks, and hears, and obscures the truth behind idealizations. The Winner. The Loser. We all do this, … Continue reading →

A perfect world, a perfect heaven. The aspiration of so many people, for a perfect life, one without sickness, without death, without chaos. And that is a cruel lie, and a cruel hope, for there is no life without chaos, … Continue reading →

What is it we, as humans, deserve? It’s a common plaint .. “I do deserve this” “I don’t deserve this” .. as though there’s some cosmic scorekeeper, and we’re supposed to get X. But do we really deserve ANYthing? As … Continue reading →

There are many times and many places in our lives where one can wish to submit. Submit to the system, to the rules, to another person. It appears easier, in many ways. When we give up our own filter of … Continue reading →

Submission is a scary concept. It involves giving up control, perhaps for just a moment, perhaps longer. We like to believe we’re in control, that we choose what we allow to happen to us. Or we go to the other … Continue reading →

We live in a world of rigid order run by external forces. People seem to control us, telling us what we can and cannot do, when we can act and when we must wait. We feel forced to conform in … Continue reading →