Observing the trees wiggled by the wind on a warm summer day, it dawned to me that they have nothing to say. Nothing whatsoever. Every single expression of nature stands for itself. I realized that this is why we love nature so much: there is no pretence, only presence…

Alchemy is most popularly known as the effort of turning base metal into gold. This is a symbolic expression, not a physical undertaking. Base metal is something deemed worthless, while gold is deemed valuable. In other words, alchemy is the process of transmuting something undesirable into something valued and desirable. The Rose …

I was on a (Lindy) walk one day. Observing the beautiful late spring scenery—yellow dandelions everywhere, little green buds and blossoms appearing on the trees, lovely birds singing here and there and flying over me—I realized a marvelous thing. All of this immaculate richness, all of this beauty…is mine. Not…

There is a Buddhist analogy about the quest for enlightenment, where Buddhism—or any other path towards spiritual realization—is compared to a raft for crossing a waterbody, the other shore being enlightenment, liberation or spiritual attainment. The central notion in the analogy is that once one has crossed the river, it…

I said to Life, “I would hear Death speak.” And Life raised her voice a little higher and said, “You hear him now.” — Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam Death is, in our culture, an aspect of life approached with the most peculiar irrationality. Death is the only thing we…

Spirituality is something that has doubtless been growing in popularity lately. One sees today much talk about manifestation, crystals, The Universe, “raising your vibration,” chakras . . . …

After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequent heavy social restrictions, many have been forced to deal with isolation. It is for us, as social animals, quite an uneasy thing. In this essay, however, I will go over the mostly overlooked bright side about being alone—the connectedness on…

I always felt the notion of a soul to be very distant and abstract, loosely associated with the bone-dry, superficial and preachy sort of Christianity that I grew up around. However, as I have grown a bit, the existence of the soul has become self-explanatory to me. In this essay…