Monthly Archives: May 2024

A Civilized-Indigenous Dilemma (part 1)

My last post – The Dangerous Ape – expressed the hope that we (humans) could become adults, and that involves “embracing reality” by looking in the mirror and seeing our gifts and our gold, while simultaneously owning and taking responsibility for our shadows… and neither avoiding nor denying any of that. My hope is also that, starting there, we can focus on what’s truly important — developing those practices and… Read More »


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The Dangerous Ape

Guides or Therapists?

I’ve been rereading Yuval Harari’s book, Sapiens, which explores the transformation of our species — Homo sapiens — from a ordinary mammal somewhere in the middle of the food chain into a dominant life form that has split the atom, walked on the moon, and changed the face of the planet.

Animals, much-like today’s humans, first appeared 2.5 million years ago. At that time, there was nothing special about them.… Read More »


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