Wooden bowl II

I wrote about my wooden bowl some time ago (August 2003). I related how a crack had appeared due to ignorance of the need to oil the bowl on a timely basis. The...

Awareness

Consciousness enables human beings to exercise volition or will. Consciousness gives humans the ability to guide events and circumstances, with the self as a ki...

Dependency

Within the spectrum of solitaries there is great diversity. Perhaps the anchorites present the greatest paradox. Our daily routine may seem solitary enough, but...

Rooms

The solitary is more interested in rooms than in houses. The room is the focus of as many activities as possible, designed and adapted to personal interest, whi...

Counsel

The solitary does not automatically expend wisdom to others, in part following the Gospel expression of not throwing “pearls to swine.” Discernment ...