The other night I was lying down, exhausted because of a recent shopping trip (see said shopping trip for socks with hangover below). At the same time that I was taking it easy, I was chatting with my son, and at one point I shushed him for his volume. I wanted him to take it down a notch because the noise was hurting my ears. Unperturbed, he ...

Alan:Dear Augustina, Another excerpt on the intermediate orientation. ......... [Why fear passion?] ''...It is a powerful energy.'' [Why fear power?] ''For [as an intermediate] you generate how you process inwardly, and that is a natural movement and expression; and in that natural movement and expression you begin to guard that inner ...

Alan: Dear Augustina, Robert Fripp, one of my favorite musicians, is one person I can say I believe I have learned much from......  And, for what it's worth, I have to think that Fripp is intermediate. Below are some excerpts from an interview he did in 1999.  I've excerpted a lot of it, just on the hunch you might find something of ...

''In many instances a person exercises quite simply because she is afraid of what will happen if she does not. She may run to avoid heart disease, while her own fear can help to promote the very eventuality she fears.''...The Way Toward Health156 ''I do not mean to imply that exercise is detrimental to good health. It is true, however, that ...