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After 20 minutes we stop for a break, which surprises me, since I would not have guessed that sitting on a cushion is an activity that requires a break. Before we begin again, our instructor, Sharon Salzberg, a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass., and the author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, asks for questions or comments. Four are about breathing. "Breathing is too complicated for me to concentrate on," one woman complains. "I mean, breathing must be the most complex thing we do." I briefly consider waiting outside and mugging the lot of them...
...more possible scenarios drummed up, the more likely we are to remain inert - or, as Schwartz himself recognizes, resort to denial. And even a gift-wrapped final scenario can leave questions unanswered. Inevitable Surprises warns that we're "facing the inevitability of another global plague," without giving an insight into its timing, source or nature. Still, Schwartz's writing carries a stubborn credibility, even as he brushes with science fiction, predicting, for example, physical teleporting by 2050. Perhaps our cynical era craves being told metanarratives, even while we can see the cracks. Was it easier at Delphi? Perhaps. Once...
...know that this is a woman who often got angry at her husband and his glaring weaknesses, perhaps even to the point of hurling objects at him. Hillary Clinton is a woman of political insight and ambition, with a sense of ideological clarity and purpose not often seen in American society. Yet her book barely scratches the surface of her feelings. There is a hint of dissembling in its triteness, a challenge to credibility in its sketchy description of events and an unspoken distrust of the public. Perhaps Senator Clinton did not intend for us to learn much about...
Golder, the e-group’s founder, brings a great deal of insight to the reunion...
...happen anywhere else.” And there was more to be said about the magic of the moment, but there was no need to go on articulating it at length, because we both understood. That may be what I miss most about Brian Fallon. The insight was always uncannily sharp, but never detached from a distinctly human sensibility. You wouldn’t expect all of that to come across watching Johnny Birtwell strike a guy out or Arthur Hendricks III trying (and failing) to beat a throw home. But, like the man said, there’s something...