My Fairy-Tale Life, by Steven Boone

I was slightly fearful of creating this particular unforgettable experience. I spoke with a psychologist about going to Rio de Janeiro for c...

Recently I happened to meet my friend Therese at a place where the sunset views are spectacular. If a good sunset is unfolding, we bot...

The ultimate task for me is not an external goal. Rather it is gaining wisdom and inner peace. Sounds simple enough but if we unders...

From my perch atop the wood fence behind my tenement apartment in Chicago, Illinois, if I spied the delivery man driving through the...

Know Thyself. 
- Socrates True loss is for him whose days have been spent in utter ignorance of his self. -Baha'u'llah I ...

My two cousins in Dallas, Texas cut people open and chop out bones. They are orthopedic surgeons. I could learn to be a doctor and p...

Sometimes my artwork goes into dark places. Creativity lives there just as it does in the lofty realms. The domains are bound togeth...

A person dear to me and I have had many conversations about dreams, symbols, imagination, spiritual paths, esoteric thought, psycho...

Some people thrive on surprise and are more willing to take risks, other folks are the opposite—more comfortable with predictabilit...

I love the possibilities of living without constraint. Of course, this is impossible, and society requires that its citizens...

"Claustrophobia and Insanity" When I was in my late teens I was surprised to find violent darkness within myself. I ...

I have never been comfortable with spies; people who secretly obtain information about other people in order to build intrigue against them....

“Oh God, break me into nothing so that I might be born again.” I silently spoke these words to the Creator, realizing that the hard places i...

I love psychology, especially studying the mental and emotional factors governing a situation or activity. Over the years, I have done signi...

Monsters. There are so many in this world that they influence every human life. This week I heard on the news the case of a monster that ha...