The Heart of the Mosque; Encounters with Muslim Piety in the Middle East
March 8, 2026
It was one of the most reckless things I’ve ever done overseas. I had read that Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has one of the world’s best
Promoting Peace in the Middle East through Culture
March 5, 2026
Flying over the Holy Land is dramatic, even at 35,000 feet. You see long stretches of tan with no other colors. No vegetation or clouds,
From Mechanics to Magic; Looking At/With/Beyond to Transform Your View of the World
February 25, 2026
Looking At/With/Beyond combines three ways to perceive and think about the world. The first is looking At. This is conventional knowledge. You look At something
More Ways to Have Peak Experiences by Looking At/With/Beyond
February 15, 2026
The psychologist Martin Seligman has updated research on the positive psychology that Abraham Maslow pioneered. In a book called Flourish, he said that he prefers
Comparisons of Chinese and Western Ways of Thinking about Emotion
February 8, 2026
A common definition of emotion according to Western Psychology is: A psychological system that appraises internal or external, context-related causes in terms of their significance
Jewels in the Jungles; Minority Cultures in Northern Thailand
February 1, 2026
My attraction to northern Thailand strengthened when I visited minority groups in the hills. Many non-Thai minorities live in northern Thailand, and they offer a
Looking At/With/Beyond to Have Peak Experiences
January 25, 2026
The psychologist Abraham Maslow made peak experiences his business, and he explored them in Toward a Psychology of Being. Many people today know him for
Revolutionizing Perspective by Expanding from Looking At to Looking At/With/Beyond
January 10, 2026
During the Axial Age, in the mid-first millennium BCE, some of humanity’s most influential teachers lived, mental horizons in the West, the Middle East, India,
Today’s Potential for a New Axial Age
January 4, 2026
Some historians of thought have called it humanity’s most influential period. The philosopher Carl Jaspers called the time between 800 BCE and 300 BCE the