Heidegger said this: Existential analysis has the character of doing violence, whether to the claims of the everyday interpretation, or to its complacency and its tranquillized obviousness. I think there is so much in this sentence that it encompasses all of life its beauty and tragedy… all that humans do are in this one sentence… for me… I... Read More »

I did not check exactly how he phrased it but it was Richard Rorty who said something like that. He said “The world doesn’t speak… human beings do.” So true… The deer doesn’t say “I am pretty,” the rose doesn’t say “I smell good,” “the lion doesn’t say “I am powerful,” the weather doesn’t say... Read More »

You need a reason to get healthy, I got THE ONE for you. Is there anyone out there that has any doubt that we do not take care of our selves? For years the industry has been coming up with “hows” and “whats” and gadgets and labels and infomercials and books and…. well you know.... Read More »

Keep constantly in your mind how many doctors die after a lifetime of wrinkling their brows in thought over the sick; and how many astrologers die after predicting with much ceremony the death of others; and how many philosophers die after exhausting their minds with countless discourses concerning death and immortality; and how many military... Read More »

It is a very interesting thing this “Comparing.” It is one of the greatest sources of suffering of our times. If you are not happy you are most likely comparing. My mother was 64 years old. She struggled with breast cancer for 8 years and passed away in January. As people poured to our home, there... Read More »

This man is dying. Or is... Read More »

A quote by Volataire. Regarding being a victim in life. “No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” What a profound way to put... Read More »

In every form of his being, man is related to something other than himself; as a being to his world, as consciousness to objects, as spirit to the idea of whatever constitutes totality, …. Man always becomes man by devoting him-self to this... Read More »

Every other reality in human existence becomes what it is by its nature. The heart beats, the eyes see; it is their nature to do what they do. Or, if we take something inorganic like values, we know what the nature of truth is – e.g., to state things as close to the reality as... Read More »

It is amazing how we collapse concepts with what is real. We talk about concepts like we can touch them or grab them in our hands or see them with our eyes. I think it is the source of our poor relationship with reality and most of our... Read More »