Do We Need Extremes to Understand? Or Do Extremes Only Show Us What Doesn’t Work?
Human beings often learn through contrast. We move toward intensity, toward strong experiences, toward the edges of life. Sometimes we seek them deliberately. Sometimes life pushes us there. Extreme success, extreme suffering, extreme pleasure, extreme discipline. Many spiritual traditions and personal stories suggest that truth is discovered only after reaching these edges. But is that […]
Beyond Flowers: An Evolutionary View of Women’s Day
Beyond Flowers: An Evolutionary View of Women’s Day Every year on international women’s day the world fills with messages, celebrations, appreciation, and sometimes debate. Today I had a conversation with a woman about what this day means to her. For her, the meaning was quite simple. She said it is a day where women receive […]
What Is Best — To Love or To Be Loved?
Saturday sun warm on my face. Lovely company, walking slowly by the beach, on our way to dig into fried yuca with spicy sauce. White doves playing in the park, chaotic and somehow peaceful at the same time. In the middle of that simple, golden moment, a nine-year-old girl asked, “What is best — to […]