Notes Along the Way

<p class=ql-align-justify>Notes Along the way is a collection of essays about life and our role in the universe. Like the programming code of a popular software application these articles reveal life's hidden workings-the rules and regulations that create and maintain our world. Many esoteric ideas are divulged in this travelogue but desperate times require desperate measures.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Our planet is in <em>Kairos</em> time: the ancient Greek expression for times of maximum danger and maximum opportunity. The dangers are obvious: our imploding environment deepening gender inequality and economic imbalance antagonistic race relations and religious zealotry among others. The opportunity however is not so clear. To that end I offer a new way of seeing the world that gives an individual the possibility of transforming life's negative effect into something positive.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em>Notes Along the Way</em> is similar to <em>Meditations</em> in which the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius recorded his private ponderings and ideas. Yet <em>Notes</em> goes beyond this type of discourse by referencing a number of great religious spiritual and world leaders as well as ancient teachings to propose the essence of a positive paradigm that can feed the mind and heart-and soothe the soul.</p>