Tag: William James

  • Chapter Five: Distant Longing

    It is the infinite for which we hunger, and we ride gladly on every little wave that promises to bear us towards it. – Havelock Ellis Modern Westerners typically experience themselves as isolated, self-contained units of consciousness disconnected from other human beings and life itself. An intuitive sense our true self is infinitely greater than…

  • Chapter Four: Deeper Voice

    If we can wake up now, if we can move out of our slumber and attachment to a worldview that is both boring us and destroying the planet, there is much beauty that awaits. – Matthew Fox Belief in the inherently sacred nature of existence is one of humankind’s ancient and enduring notions. Western culture’s…