Travel

Travel reveals the emptiness of time. Traveling from one point to another gives the process no purpose other than dependence on the points. Whether the points a...

“Walking alone”

The late Japanese Zen master Dainin Katagiri wrote a small essay entitled “Walking Alone, As All Beings,” commenting on the paradox in Buddhism of l...

Kierkegaard on the lie

Writing in the 1840’s, Kierkegaard had already defined the psychology of the personality long before the the 20th century. In Sickness unto Death, Kierkeg...

Solitude and madness

A friend of Hermitary points out an interesting article on solitary confinement titled “Hellhole” by Atul Gawande in the March 30 issue of The New Y...