Resonance
He poured the bowl full of water, then held it out, balanced on his palm, fingers angled down and away from the thick bronze base. Slowly, he moved the wooden mallet around the edge. Expecting the resonance of the singing bowl, I was shocked to see sparkles of water emerge from the rim. As he…
We’re Better Together
I wrote this post about community long before I heard the research. But now it’s neurologically true – community makes things easier. During the attachment conference at Eastern Mennonite University earlier this year, James Coan, an “affective neuroscientist” at the University of Virginia, presented his research in the regulation of emotions, such as fear and threat,…
The “New” Science of Love
The “new” science of love, she calls it. Well, I wouldn’t say it’s so new, except in perhaps in western scientific knowledge. There’s nothing much new that she said. It’s just that she had sources to cite and specific western scientific research, and some eastern knowledge, to refer to. Nevertheless, it’s exciting. Finally the western…
