Reconsidering Don Carlos

Books frequently play a part in our ‘coming of age’ narratives. For many baby boomers Salinger’s Catcher In The…

Is Reality a Succession of Nows?

Science, Consciousness and Human Agency

What is Consciousness?

If we are unsure where it is, can we even say what it is?

The Mystic’s view on facing death

Not all mystics are the same. There are many types, including Christian mystics, Buddhist mystics…

The parasite

A few years ago I was taking the dog for a walk in the park when I noticed something I’d never seen before. It was so quick, I almost…

The Order of Nothingness

The first monastic order of The Little Creek Monastery

The mystic in Silicon Valley

attempts to hack consciousness

Introduction

The Five Practices

everyday practices for the everyday mystic

The traditional versus the everyday monk

Most of us equate monastic habits with images of traditional monasteries and convents, whose halls and small rooms house men and…

The Art of Withdrawal

journeys in the practice of consciousness

Ways of Scientific Knowing

Or Hey, Hey We’re Maybe Not the Monkees