Going Alone

I made this video at Dana Point Harbor in Dana Point, California. I begin the video simply to share a little bit about the surroundings,...

I was asked to share about the work that I do now since returning to the United States. I decided to elaborate with the story of how the opp

Life is a little like coming awake on an island beach, naked and screaming and vulnerable and weak. The natives here do care for us, and...

"...and the very slope of the hill on which my house is placed, seemed to say, Forward!" -Henry David Thoreau I accept life as hard. I...

Whenever I strive, I always fall short. For the fact of striving makes me miss the mark. It would be better to become educated, without...

The Great Indifference exists wherever we are not distracted by ourselves. It is the substance of the universe that isn't—not empty...

There is so much to occupy the time of life. So much to do. So many people to know, and love, and pass the time together with. One thing...

For what reason is temperance a virtue? Why do the sages live in austerity, and the desert fathers forsake the world, and the poet love...

Words are like clay in the hands of a potter, who might pound together a rough cup and offer it "here!" as an implement of utility. And...

Morning is a time to remember the people in our lives. If not our very first thought, then at least after we are fully awake. Recall each...

Our personal nature is our most visible evidence that our will is never fully free: as how many forces of my personal being - my...

Yumiko and I watched a movie last night called Ad Aster, starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones. We enjoyed the film, which is a science...

November 12, 2019 Dear Eric, I recently added a new principle to The Good Life which I call the Principle of Public Speaking. The idea is...

October 10, 2019 Dear Eric, You not only knew the exact place and time of your death but you indeed even walked there. You went alone. I...

September 26, 2019 Dear Eric, You, my friend, were one wont to emotion. Though normally you were riding high atop the joyful bubble of...

September 13, 2019 Dear Eric, I was so tempted yesterday to title my latest YouTube upload Softypapa's last video. This is due to the...