I had an interesting conversation with my oldest son (who’s 10) today. I had told him about a friend of ours who was the vice president of marketing for a local radio station. He thought that was the funniest thing in the world. A guy who was involved in the marketing of a radio station. [...]

I was remembering that, when we were in Rome, in the height of the summer, Janet was wearing a sundress. We had intentions of sightseeing and, of course, we wanted to see some of the wonderful churches. It didn’t occur to us, until we got there, that Janet wasn’t allowed into the churches baring exposed [...]

To an evolutionary spiritualist, God is self-expressing and is self-realizing through evolution; put differently: God is making the world in his image and likeness through evolution. Original writing date: June 16, 2008

Developmental processes proceed through increasing levels of complexification, then through a process of differentiation, and then higher levels of integration…to be repeated over and over again. And that integration can no longer be seen separately from the culture or context within which that integration unfolds. Original writing date: June 16, 2008

I’m always fascinated by names out from the past, especially those which were particularly big names at one point in time. Who of us does not remember the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who is not only famous for his involvement with the Beatles, but also infamous for the many Rolls Royce’s this spiritual master managed to [...]

As I read this article on Robert Vesco, I have to ask myself, to what avail? I remember the articles and the hoopla when Vesco fled the United States in the early 1970s after pilfering several hundred million dollars from unsuspecting shareholders. After looking for a home in the Caribbean, he finally ended up in [...]

Classic literature addresses archetypes through human history. Primary archetypes continue to pervade every aspect of culture or history, at least to the extent that we can access it. Most repetitive among those primary archetypes are: • The good/evil axis • The male/female axis • The physical/spiritual axis To some extent, there are other archetypes, but [...]

In the world of real estate it’s been said that if you want to assure yourself the opportunity to pay retail, then build a building from scratch—don’t buy used and don’t rehab or renovate. In the world of business, I’ve come to recognize, after some forty startup businesses and eight rehabs that the rules are [...]