First published in the Enneagram, Issue Number Four, January 1976, Edited by Anja Liengaard, illustrations by Elizabeth Bennett The Fourth Basic Course began memorably when a student spent a night shivering under two blankets and a comforter, and on the morrow packed his tennis rackets and golf clubs and caught…
(In homage to the original The Poor Thing, a fable by Robert Louis Stevenson) The Poor Thing began its life one hundred years ago as a summer pavilion on a large farm in central New England. Over the years, it was expanded as the farm changed its function into a camp…
I wake up late after hitting the snooze button several times, wishing I could sleep longer. I force myself up with a quick motion, literally jumping out of the bed, so I can’t be tempted to go back. It’s too late to do a full-length morning meditation, so I sit…
View original article here Explanations of how to be yourself often focus on how to not be what is not yourself. Though we will come to that shortly, on its own it leaves a void. If I know what I am not, I still may be muddled about who I…
