Earlier this year I wrote about my flotation tank experiences -- implying, toward the end of the essay, that this kind of experience might be comparable to Taoist dark retreats. But perhaps this isn't necessarily a valid comparison. William Bodhri -- longtime student of Nan Huai-Chin -- has an interesting essay...

One of the curious features of the so-called "War on Christmas" is how the Christian Nationalists misrepresent others. For example, they act like people try to use "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" because the latter is somehow "offensive" and therefore people are "offended" by Christmas. The truth is that...

(Photo © Scott P. Richert) After a rocky start (I uploaded a picture that was too hard to see at that size), last week's Wordless Wednesday contest attracted a number of guesses. Beth Peterson, the About.com Guide to Pottery, got all the elements right (and using the hard-to-see picture to boot!),...