By Brian Alger on 11/04/2011
[Exploring Life] November mornings somehow inspire reflection. It’s strange to wake-up while it is still dark and this seems to be something that I never quite adjust to. Our natural internal rhythms somehow feel more forced as the amount of available light during the day decreases during the fall and winter months. On this November [...]
Posted in 5. EXPERIENCE | Tagged aging, attention, death, disease, dying, fear, fulfilment, gratitude, impermanence, inevitables, life, mystery, presence, regret |
By Brian Alger on 09/01/2011
[Exploring Life] We live in an age of instantaneous global communication. We also live in an age of mass somniloquence. Each of us secretly desires the intimacy and art of a deeper more compelling conversation that authentically explores the alluring mystery of being alive. When we engage in authentic conversation we explore and exchange our [...]
Posted in 4. ENVIRONMENT | Tagged artistry, authenticity, belonging, commodity, communication, creativity, death, earth, education, feelings, healing, heart, identity, imagination, impermanence, inspiration, knowledge, life, mental degradation, mystery, nature, resilience, reverence, sacred, self-reliance, selfishness, spiritual response, suffering, transform, transience, unlived-life, wilderness |
By Brian Alger on 04/29/2011
[Exploring Life] We are immersed in a culture that confuses education with learning. More precisely, we ritually submit ourselves to courses that have been prepared by someone else and trust that the instructional delivery these courses will inspire learning. In a bizarre twist, we sometimes incorrectly think of education as being synonymous with learning. Learning [...]
Posted in 3. SPIRIT | Tagged attention, awareness, confluence, course, creativity, discernment, education, exploration, insight, journey, learning, method, mystery, observe, practice, predetermine, prerequisite, presence, process, program, resonance, soul, spirituality, threshold, training |