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Essays

Longer explorations of recurring questions across philosophy, spirituality, consciousness and human life.

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The Shape of a Life

I: Lived Spirituality & Devotional Practice

How practice, attention and repetition influence who we become.

The Shape of a Life

The Voice In Your Head Is Not the Whole of You

III: Consciousness, Self & Meaning

Attention, conditioning and the problem of confusing thought with selfhood.

The Voice In Your Head Is Not the Whole of You

What Kind of Human Being Is Modern Life Producing?

IV: Modernity, Ethics & Human Systems

Technology, stimulation and the shaping of consciousness.

What Kind of Human Being Is Modern Life Producing?

Education Is Always Teaching Something

V: Human Development & Applied Understanding

Why schools shape human beings long before they shape careers.

Education Is Always Teaching Something

When Science Describes the World but Cannot Fully Explain Experience

VI: Integration of Wisdom & Reality

Consciousness, meaning and the limits of reductionist thinking.

When Science Describes the World but Cannot Fully Explain Experience

The Forest and the Trees

VII: Integrated Human Understanding

Why modern life struggles to hold different forms of knowledge together.

The Forest and the Trees

Why “Who Am I?” Is Still the Most Difficult Question

III: Consciousness, Self & Meaning

Notes after writing Before Religion.

Why “Who Am I?” Is Still the Most Difficult Question

The Difficulty of Truly Listening

II: Dialogue Across Traditions

Why understanding another perspective requires more than tolerance.

The Difficulty of Truly Listening

The Person in Front of You

V: Human Development & Applied Understanding

Why understanding human beings requires more than understanding ideas.

The Person in Front of You
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