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Deeply Touched by Touch
By
vreiss
We’ve all been touched by touch. Happy touch–a supportive arm squeeze, a lover’s touch, a hug from a dear friend. And less happy–a brusque bicep punch, an unnerving head pat. Those who do touch research are finding that physical, non-verbal communication is even more powerful in expressing emotion than they realized. A super-interesting article in…
What We Really Want
By
vreiss
“People say that what we are all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we are really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and reality, so…
Fresh Morning: Loving Work
By
vreiss
“Caring about our work, liking it, even loving it, seems strange when we see work only as a way to make a living. But when we see work as a way to deepen and enrich all of our experience, each one of us can find this caring within our hearts, and awaken it in those…
Passenger Meditation: Life Without a Steering Wheel
By
vreiss
There’s a greeting card that reads, “I miss you.” And on the inside: “There’s no one to grip the dashboard and scream in terror.” A decade or so back, two separate people gave me that card without the other knowing. Not much of a driver myself (a New Yorker through and through), I frequently do…
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