What To Do When Bored In Any Situation

What To Do When Bored: Photo of Magdalena

I’m never bored. It’s not because I have some magic list of what to do when bored. I just don’t experience boredom, perhaps in the same way that a sociopath doesn’t experience empathy.  In the past I’ve tried to explain this to bored friends (who were certainly not bored from hanging out with me, ahem, … Read more

What is Reality?

What is Reality? Exploring the True Nature of Reality

I woke up before dawn with the strange sensation that my mind was like a hinge, and when the hinge was open there was enough space in between the bits of metal that my thoughts could stream past without waking me up, like a draft through an old door. But if the hinge closed, the … Read more

The Greatest Threat to Our Freedom

The greatest threat to our freedom is so close to us we often miss it. Picture yourself fast asleep. Someone is asking you to wake up, but you are deep in a dream, and the call to awaken is experienced as a vague awareness that something is not quite right. We are in that dream, … Read more

Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality: Best Book to Read to Change Your Life

Best Book to Read to Change Your Life: Awareness by de Mello

One of the best ways to change your life is to read a powerful book. Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality certainly fits that category. Awareness is about waking up, and fairly abruptly to boot. Anthony De Mello’s teaching style is very direct. Unlike many other books out there that attempt to handle this … Read more