Eric Scheske

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Flourishing

Flourishing

If you want to flourish, you need to be connected to full reality. If you want to be connected to full reality, you need to be connected to the Tao. If you want to be connected to the Tao, you need your right hemisphere to reclaim its rightful role as the master.

Nine Helpful Micro-Habits

Nine Helpful Micro-Habits

I've long eschewed self-improvement books of the secular sort for the simple reason that, if they have any merit, they are merely rehashings of lessons you can learn from the saints, who not only teach and embody the lessons but tie them into a coherent worldview that reflects

Small Talk: How to Cultivate the True Disposition of the Artist

Small Talk: How to Cultivate the True Disposition of the Artist

Practice being an artist by being a good conversationalist

How to be a Good Agrarian

How to be a Good Agrarian

I hung out with Michael Jordan outside Chicago about twenty years ago. No, not basketball Michael Jordan. I'm talking about Michael Jordan, the English professor from Hillsdale College. We met at a Touchstone conference at Mundelein Seminary. He saw my name tag and said he enjoyed my articles.

A Tip to the Right Hemisphere

A Tip to the Right Hemisphere

I agree with Modern Drunkard Magazine's observation that, if you can't afford to tip the bartender, you can't afford to drink in a bar. Just buy a six-pack and stay home. Me? I prefer to stay home with the six-pack, but I love bars.

Hey Dude, Let's Inherit the Kingdom

Hey Dude, Let's Inherit the Kingdom

If you want to inherit the kingdom, look with the eyes of the little child. Or maybe drink a few cocktails. Here's the thing about kids: Their prefrontal cortexes aren't developed. Their PFCs don't fully develop until their early twenties. PFCs control analytical thinking.

Handwriting: Brain Connectivity?

Handwriting: Brain Connectivity?

George Citroner at Epoch Times

Propaganda and Love of the Ugly

Propaganda and Love of the Ugly

Anthony Daniels (a/k/a "Theodore Dalrymple") at The New Criterion

Botch Your New Year's Resolutions Already? Maybe Try a Few of These Winter Resolutions

Botch Your New Year's Resolutions Already? Maybe Try a Few of These Winter Resolutions

"New year" means "new soul." That's what British writer G.K. Chesterton once observed. Many of us, though, already feel like we've soiled our souls with botched New Year's resolutions. And the rest of us will feel pretty soiled soon

23 Truths

23 Truths

Gurwinder at The Prism (Substack)