As stated in the introductory home page, Earthpost.net has two purposes: creating something of a memoir of my life, and presenting the work of my lifelong “pursuit of self-knowledge in service to the greater good and a better world.” These two elements often overlap and intertwine.
I expect this will always be a work-in-progress. For now, near the beginning of this effort in early 2023, I am focusing on getting content on the site, starting with pieces already written. As I add new material I intend to continually mold it all into a more coherent whole.
Here’s what’s up now…
- A blog that will cover a wide range of material and subjects in short posts.
A brief essay that presents and discusses a poem I wrote about a playful childhood ritual that, looking back, seems to have foretold my personal quest:
Many years ago I had an experience that viscerally changed the way I see and understand other human beings:
A primary theme of my work is connecting to our personal center of being and awareness, as presented in these four essays:
- Our Spacious, Attentive Core
- A Timeless, Life-Changing Quest
- A Container for the Work
- Now is the Time
This essay describes my view of our intrinsic human nature, as so beautifully expressed in small children, how it can become distorted and corrupted as we grow older, and the challenge of reconnecting ourselves to our source of being:
An essay on kindness inspired by an interview I read with a frontline doctor in Ukraine:
Based on a quote from James Baldwin, this essay expresses my vision of the mission to strengthen our connection to our fundamental nature:
This essay suggests a largely unrecognized benefit of our fixation with digital communications:
My bio:
This Site Guide will be updated whenever new items are published.