I once wrote a definition for “truth” in a dictionary I began to draft as I worked through metaphysical ideas. The definition I came up with is as follows: Truth is choice. Thus, everything is true. It’s not an either/or world where one truth knocks out another person’s mistaken idea about how things work. Whatever anyone wants to ...

In our culture, there’s a lot of stuff that can get you: pollution, terrorists, cavities, free radicals, viruses, other people’s opinions, accidents, poverty, odor, the wrong foods, toxins, thieves, natural disasters, degeneration, and the list goes on and on. All of these ideas, of course, are illustrations of the belief in ...

I didn't always hold the view that it’s a magical world. It’s safe to say that my life has been a swinging pendulum where I first tried out cultural norms and then, after evaluating their effectiveness, began to swing in the other direction. That is, I began to form my own norms. There was a breaking point, really, that stopped ...