Blog articles by theme 'Feeling connected'

Karma - or the belief that the universe is organized according to cause and effect - is the kind of subject that invites us to make fools of ourselves. Either we can treat the notion as something unworthy of serious consideration - in other words, as a joke - and in the process belittle a belief system that offers perhaps the best explanation for life's difficulties and disparities; or you can pretend to be some kind of great teacher or guru who understands the underlying workings of the universe, and in the process invite a bolt of lightening to hit...

Recently, I was in Europe to conduct a series of workshops, including a program on intimate relationships. The group was composed mostly of couples, but there was also a fair number of single people who were looking for ways to improve communication in their next relationship. One of the couples in the workshop had been married for 38 years. He had owned a big company and sold it for an enormous sum of money. Now they were traveling the world and living what many people refer to as “the good life.” By society’s standards, they had achieved the dream. But...