What Can I Do?

We live in a world of artificial intelligence, nuclear weapons, and environmental instability; yet finding solutions to the conflicts threatening civilization may begin much closer to home. A World Under Strain We are living in a frightening moment in human history,...

Turtles All the Way Down

On God, Mystery, and Trust From childhood questions about who created God to a lifetime of reflection on faith, institutions, and human longing, this essay explores the enduring mystery at the heart of existence. If certainty about God, justice, or the meaning of...

Where Peace Begins

A Sound Meditation Practice for Divided Times This essay follows last week’s reflection, “How Did We Get Here?”, in which I explored the roots of our present instability. Analysis alone is not enough. This companion reflection, “Peace in a Warring World: A MediSounds...

How Did We Get Here?

How did a world that once felt stable come to feel so fragile? This essay explores how long-delayed consequences—personal, historical, and collective—shape our present moment. Drawing on history, wisdom traditions, and the principle of cause and effect, it examines...

Consciousness, Awareness, and What Still Matters

What cannot be downloaded in an age of artificial intelligence As artificial intelligence accelerates and serious thinkers speak openly about digital immortality, an ancient question quietly returns: what is consciousness, really? Is it knowledge, awareness, identity,...