Dear Alethea, For me, self-deprecating humour is perhaps the one opus magnum moment most religions never allowed themselves to have. Which is really just a fancy way of saying that to arrive at a place where we can no longer take ourselves seriously, or whatever we claim to be doing as ‘important’ – and that …Continue Reading >>>

If you meet a monster on your road, do not try to plunge your sword into her. You will not win. Instead, bury your sword. Break it in two. Toss it away. Go unprepared. The monster, she will vanish. And you would have transcended victory or defeat, the terrifying or the benign. But more astonishingly, …Continue Reading >>>