You’d think that soaring above the clouds might bring you closer to the Divine, or at least be an uplifting experience. But flying, for many, has become the epitome of a painful experience. Some people are going over the edge, experiencing the phenomenon of Air Rage. One U.S. Congressman is facing an assault and battery [...]

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It’s hard not to be excited by a new group of websites showing the destruction of various consumer products. The simple question WillitBlend.com poses gets put to the test with every type of imaginable product and substance. Conceived as a marketing strategy for a blender company, the videos can be stunningly addictive. Tom Dickson offers [...]

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Here we were about to do a post about Paris Hilton and the psychological phenomenon called “object constancy” — you know, Tinkerbell, her addictions, her revolving door of lovers — and she throws us this perfect curveball.
During her comings and goings to prison, paparazzi have photographed Paris several times conspicuously carrying the Holy Bible and [...]

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“Ready for the rapture” was a signature phrase in the penultimate episode of The Sopranos, which aired during the second week of June, 2007. We’ve come to love and learn those epiphanic flourishes of dialogue — and this one came from an FBI agent, of all characters.
Could we agree that the greatest series, ever, [...]

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The trail had lots of hikers but few pilgrims
PhyllistheAuthor — Two friends have asked my Baptist husband if after the pilgrimage, he is going to become a Roman Catholic. How much these people missed the point of the Camino. It was not a religious exercise like kissing the hem of the Pope’s robe. It was [...]

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A koan from the Zen master, Goso, and the legend of Seijo
SOUL’S CODE — We stumbled onto this Zen Koan and thought it worth sharing.
Chokan had a very beautiful daughter named Seijo. He also had a handsome young cousin named Ochu. Joking, he would often comment that they would make a fine married couple. [...]

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In response to our pilgrimage, one person asked how could anyone believe in a God who let babies die. Implicit in the question is the belief that death is bad. And it does seem so to those who are left bereft. Yet it may be the greatest good for those who die. For the innocents [...]

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SOUL’S CODE —  Nothing hurts more in a news story than hearing about kids getting hurt or tortured. In this sick story, reported by the BBC, a woman discovered 26 sewing needles in her body when she had blood in her urine. Ouch! How did she not notice earlier? Her grandparents had stuck her with [...]

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SOUL’S CODE — What do you make of the movement-of-the-day about telling people exactly what you think?. At one level, it sounds like the core of integrity and right speech. You’re being compassionate and respecting those around you by being honest. There’s no pandering or no assumption that they won’t be able to deal with [...]

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PhyllistheAuthor— Have you ever noticed how when you buy something like a new car you suddenly see that make of car everywhere? Psychologists call the phenomenon parataxic distortion. Since our journey along the Camino de Santiago to Compostela, Spain, we see scallop shells—traditional symbol of the pilgrimage—everywhere. Even Coquilles St. Jacques, a favorite scallop recipe, [...]

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I dreamed about Zombies all last night. At first I was fighting the brain-eating dead in hand to hand combat. Then I was running from them. In the last part of my dream, I was filling up bags with useful things to escape with. I decided that to avoid getting left out in the rain [...]

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Many years ago, I read a novel called The Fountain by Charles Morgan. The story turns around a dying man’s withdrawal from life into the divine. As his body fails, little by little the man subtracts himself from the things of earth, from status, possessions, and even the love of his wife. Such release is [...]

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