Human children gain increased cognitive complexity as we grow, and with this comes the capacity for self-awareness. Still physically weak...

Remember that human infants are born in a completely helpless and vulnerable state while, at the same time, they are learning about and...

In this and my next few blog installments I will progressively explore my ongoing interest in death awareness, as it affects or...

A person who is committed to living an inner life, who is devoted to attending to the life of the soul . . . this person knows that death...

Cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker won a Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for The Denial of Death, arguing that fear of death is “the mainspring...

There are times I wake up in the morning and feel saturated with uncertainty, sadness, hesitation, resistance and dread. I feel immense...

Cruising through my days. Then the unexpected or unforeseen interrupts the smooth flow of my experience. Eventually, the current smooths...

by Pardis Mahdavi As the days grow longer and the flowers start to bloom, my 5-year-old gets excited and exclaims, “Nowruz is coming.”...

With anxiety, stress, and sleep dysfunction skyrocketing around the globe, Max Strom takes a look at the unspoken reasons why. These...

Have you ever felt like other people don’t like you? Or maybe everyone is judging your appearance, your weight, your intelligence or your...

Over 30 years ago I participated in The Samurai Game®. Created by Aikido Master and personal growth pioneer, George Leonard, The Samurai...

I am NOT a body? . . . Not a mass of organic matter? This is a predominant concept in the early chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, and I am...

Flight from Death (2003) is a documentary film that investigates the relationship of human violence to fear of death, as related to...

Shakespeare wrote, “Death is a fearful thing.” These words likely resonate with each of us in one way or another. All humans have fears...

The reality of death . . . the fact that we are mortal and are aware that this human experience is a limited engagement . . . is...