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One Metaphor Every 10 to 25 Words: The Poetry of Everyday Life by David Brooks

New York Times columnist David Brooks, recently opined on the ubiquity of metaphors mentioning the work of Lakoff and Johnson as well as what sounds like an intriguing book entitled "I is An Other" by...

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We Are Constructed Through Metaphor: Article in the New Online Publication...

My article, We Are Constructed Through Metaphor just appeared in the the new online Journal, full moon Insight Journal, from the Read the full post here »The post We Are Constructed Through Metaphor:...

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Is the Self a Metaphor? Come to the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and...

I will be conducting my annual workshop at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies the weekend of 17-19 February 2012. I'll be teaching the Buddha's dharma through metaphors. This summer I wrote an...

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“Wait Without Hope …”

T. S. Eliot gave us these lines: I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet...

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Coming to Ground: Science and Buddha Suggest Humility

I spent this past weekend at the Barre Center for Buddhist studies leading a workshop on metaphors and the Buddha's teachings. We shared poems, conversation, and meditation practice. We contemplated...

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One Thing I Have in Common with the Buddha: Love of Metaphors: “I, Me, Mine:...

It's that time of year again. I will be teaching my annual workshop at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies entitled: "I, Me, and Mine: Untangling the Dharma of "Self" through Metaphors and...

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