We idealize the transformative life into a life of power, of extraordinary experience, of deep realization. It is none of these things; rather it is ….

Personal improvement is like sitting in a movie theater, arguing with the villain projected on the screen, and feeling that at least we have tried to….

We can continue our quest for improvement or not. We can search for happiness, enlightenment, security or identity or not. The search is not wrong; i….

We have misunderstood our confusion when we think there is an answer to it. The confusion is not a result of questions that are too hard, but rather ….

That transformation is to lose everything is an understatement so vast as to be without meaning. One has to lose everything, and one has to lose the ….