Tag: Spirituality

• January 21, 2026

  Can ‘My’ Thoughts Color Your Experience?

  In his marvelous book Thought Power, Swami Sivananda argues that “thought moves,” “thought is a force”–indeed, is a “vital, living force.” This claim is by no means obvious. For many of us, a thought seems almost like a pastime. It’s fun to think about geopolitics, but what effect, apart from entertainment, does such a thought…
• January 20, 2026

  Positive Overcomes Negative

  In Thought Power, Swami Sivananda lays out the “law of thought.” I’ll have more to say about this astonishing work in the future, but for today I’d like to briefly touch upon something that is undeniably yet also wondrously true: positive thought prevails over negative thought. This, if true, is an argument for God. For…
• January 19, 2026

  Burning Man Or Church Services?

  “We don’t need more Burning Mans,” a friend of mine said some years ago. “We need more church services.” Could he be right? According to AP News, there has been a broad post-pandemic interest in going to meditation centers where meditation retreats are being held. I don’t doubt that this is a good thing, especially…
• January 16, 2026

  Dickens, A CEO, & Fear Of The Poorhouse

  Charles Dickens, perhaps the most famous novelist in the Victorian era, made a great living during his lifetime and yet, all his life, was deeply fearful of returning to the workhouse. When he was 12, his father was put in debtors’ prison while he, separately, worked at a nearby factory, Warren’s Blacking Warehouse. It is…
• January 15, 2026

  And What Are You Willing To Give To The Path?

  Not long after my eldest sister died in 2014, my wife Alexandra wrote to a Zen teacher living in Kyoto to ask about various religious paths. Notably, she and I had crafted that email in such a way that it included criteria whose goal was to help her to determine what could be a suitable…