The Fourth Instinct
“Most psychologists and biologists look at human behavior in terms of three instincts: survival, sex, and power. I believe, however, that you cannot understand human behavior without recognizing a fourth…
The New Religion of the 21st Century
The potency of our worldviews is part and parcel of the wild resiliency keystone process, The Power of Arrival — A Self in the World. What I like about the…
Perceptual Agility, Money and the Market
To see the world differently than one has grown accustomed to requires a certain perceptual agility and is a key characteristic of our wild resiliency. That we cannot solve today’s…
Today's Politics and the Human Shadow
There would seem to be literal waves of tension and anxiety and fear moving through the world these days, what with the stock market crashing and a $700 billion bailout…
McCain and Palin's Resilient Shadow
I write frequently on the shadow side of resilience. What wonderful opportunities abound for a dreaming writer such as I. Yet, I’ve been scrambling for a week to prepare for…
Change the Past and the Future
Change the Past and the Future “You want to know how you can change the past? Change the future, because what we now call the future will soon be the…
Bits of Wisdom from a Tree!
“Many men go through life as though they wore horse blinders or were sleepwalking. Their eyes are open, yet they see nothing of their many wild neighbors. Their ears, attuned…