I have found pleasure and fulfillment in things I once found uncomfortable. I have done this by getting to know fully that which makes me uncomfortable, and learning to balance the positive I find with the negative I once thought was all there was. You can't get to know the uncomfortable if you run away from it.

This is the time of the equinox, when the light is balanced with the darkness. This was a time in ancient cultures when appreciation was given for the blessings one had received – this comes down to us today in the form of our Thanksgiving holiday. This was also a time of the year for letting go of that which no longer serves us, which probably related to burning the fields to prepare them for the next year’s planting.


To me, this relates to the balance point in that if you are balanced ... read more

A non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid whose viscosity depends on the force that is applied to it. When corn starch is suspended in water, it forms such a fluid. When poured or stirred slowly, it flows like water, but with any kind a kinetic impact, it instantly acts solid. This allows a person to run across the top of a pool of corn starch, but if they stop, they will suddenly sink into it (see www.youtube.com/watch and www.youtube.com/watch You can als... read more

There are 30 million microbial species on this planet. Of those, only about 70 are known to cause disease in people. Seventy out of 30 million. And yet we’re so afraid of germs we sanitize and sterilize everything we can, use antiseptics and surgical scrubs, hand sanitizers and Lysol and bleach and alcohol and antibiotics to kill all the bugs we can. This is like napalming a forest because somewhere within it there is a poisonous plant. One of the several problems with this approach is that w... read more

What limits your freedom? Prison bars? An oppressive government? A domineering spouse? Social convention? Fear? Emotional wounds that trigger irrational reactions? The weak enslave themselves, sure, but that only seems to apply to those lower down on the freedom ladder. The thrill of breaking the chains is almost worth having the chains in the first place. Viva la revolucion!