That Inscription at the Temple of Apollo Won't Go Away
Pretty much everyone agrees we need self-knowledge. The problem is, our left hemispheres hinder it and we are a culture of left-hemispheric presumptions.
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The Hemispheres in the Garden
I lost a lot of money in the 2008-2009 crisis. I was doing alright but lawyers throughout Michigan were shuttering their practices. I knew it could become difficult to sustain my homemaker wife and seven young children.
An acquaintance asked me if I’d ever tried square-foot gardening. I hadn’
The Five Parts of Existence Strikes Back and The Hemisphere Hypothesis
Part I
What is the Tao? The Tao, also called “the act of existence (actus essendi),” “the first principle of Zen,” and the region on the other side of Aldous Huxley’s doors of perception, is the nameless reality that is logically, conceptually, and in reality prior to everything else.
Why the Left Hemisphere is Ineluctably Drawn to Abstractions
The left hemisphere’s primary goal is to allow its host to survive. Practical considerations drive the left hemisphere.
You might think this means the left hemisphere isn’t much interested in abstractions or idealized notions. Such things, at first glance, aren’t practical. But the thing is, abstractions are