“All of these are, for the most part, unconscious. Mindfulness allows us to watch these thoughts and choices and decisions without being triggered and having to take action and give meaning.”

Mindfulness has never been more important considering how the events of the world move in such an accelerated, frantic time.

Long before I realized I was exploring something, that I was looking to develop something in myself, I was just naturally drawn to movies and entertainment and stories that had a core element of spiritual discovery.

Our experience of reality is the result of the magical alchemy of the creation of our thoughts, our beliefs, our decisions, our attitudes, our feelings.

Like house guests, eventually they all leave. We become more attuned to being a container for those things and less identified with them.

Mindfulness is developing an awareness of the thoughts and feelings that we move through without getting drawn into the meanings or taking action or getting sucked into the story.

Our attention goes from here to the next thing to the next thing, and we’re triggered from one response of fear to one of connection to the threat of loss.

There are conservative people in all colours in America.

It was all about – very selfish in a lot of ways.

So we all have to bring to the table our own effort or our own passion in whatever way that manifests itself.

because, you know, democracy has been “the worst of all political systems except for all the rest.”

Point the ball on all long shots.

Women’s football does have its knockers.

To make them all lovers of beer.

To make of the columns of The New York Times a forum for the consideration of all questions of public importance,