A popular New Age view that rankles me is that we create our own reality — and that we become what we think or believe. A related view is that we’re responsible for everything that happens to us. If ...

What is now? The nature of the ever-changing present moment has always fascinated me, because there is a paradox at its heart. From a personal perspective, the present is everything: it is the only ...

Stuff happens. Things don’t always go our way. Do most of our troubles result from overwhelming external circumstances beyond our control? Or are problems self-created? A popular viewpoint in some ...