Every so often, life confronts us with decisions that don’t fit the standard template.

For me, one of those questions has been:
How do I actually want to live my life in relationships?

Not in theory, but in the real, messy, emotional reality of being human.

Recently, that question has taken the sh...

At some point I decided to settle down and build a place where we could live, work and get together with like-minded people. I call it a campus.

It can host about twenty people comfortably for a seminar. When I walk around outside and look at the setup, I feel a quiet satisfaction:

“This could w

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There are moments in life when you feel a shift long before you can see it.

You can’t point to a specific event on the calendar, but there is a sense that something is in the air. You’re walking on a plateau, then suddenly you sense the edge of a new step, as if the path is quietly bending toward a...

Walk into certain temples in India and you’ll see statues and structures that stop you in your tracks.

A giant stone boulder perched impossibly on a slope.
A Dancing Shiva frozen mid‑movement, surrounded by flames.
An entire hall lined floor to ceiling with mirrors, so that every object you see ref...

Recently I’ve had a persistent cough and flu-like symptoms.

Nothing dramatic, but enough to flatten me for a day. Twelve hours in bed, no energy, body heavy.

What interested me most wasn’t the cough itself. It was the stories I noticed myself telling about it.

One story sounded like this:

“Som

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