Nathan Thompson says a bill being considered by the Arizona legislature is an attack by WASP racists on people of color, religious minorities, and anyone else deemed a threat.
Having a Life Without Money
Trying to live with less isn’t just difficult, it’s perceived by some people as an affront to the American dream. Nathan Thompson explores the issue and the “brave few” who continue to try to break through.
Life Lessons from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly sparks Nathan Thompson to reflect on the body-mind connection, and what it means to be human when that connection is broken.
White Men and Their Guns: Considering Ways Violence is Spun
Following the recent shootings in Arizona, Nathan Thomson explores the culpability denials, political spinnings, angry tirades and accusations – and finds them hard to swallow. “People want to pin the crazy label on Mr. Loughner,” he writes, “but I’d say it’s the mass dissociation from responsibility for public speech that’s pretty damned insane.”
The Seduction of Hope
Nathan Thompson explores the seduction of hope, and wonders: if you give in to it, do you lose the improvisation skills necessary to fully engage with life as it is?
20 Ways to Peace
…even though I’m a Buddhist, I have always found Jesus to be an inspiring figure, especially the Jesus of the Gnostic writings. In honor of the holiday’s true meaning, I offer 20 possible ways to embody and create peace in the world.
Diving Board Lessons
Contingency seeking has been a common experience of mine. Tweaking and fussing or hoping and cajoling some situation in my life so that it will be a “safer”, more predictable platform from which to jump.
Bone Deep Fear as Planetary Experience
Nathan Thompson reflects on the growing fear and anxiety throughout the globe, and the massive changes facing humanity. He takes a lesson from the night sky that “out of darkness, the new is born.”
Holding the Bag of Life and Death
Last winter, after what was probably about 10 years of Alzheimer’s and a myriad of other issues, my grandfather finally died. I think that, like the woman who wrote the essay, many of us in my family had that similarly odd desire for it all to be over. That last year or so, grandpa had become a young child in an old man’s body…
Guest Houses of Autumn
The poet Rumi wrote, “This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.” Sitting in a park amidst autumn foliage, Nathan Thompson contemplates how we honour or do not honour what or who knocks on the doors of our ‘guest houses.”
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