Transcending Thought
Alienation means you don't feel at ease in any situation, any place, or with any person, not even with yourself. You are always trying to get "home" but never feel at home.
Some of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, such as Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, T. S. Eliot, and James Joyce, recognized alienation as the universal dilemma of human existence, probably felt it deeply within themselves and so were able to express it brilliantly in their works.
Articles
When We All Do Better, We All Do Better
Common sense has nearly vanished altogether from American discourse, replaced during Pluto's journey through Sagittarius by divisive ideological extremism. Perhaps we might benefit from an injection of "uncommon sense" to help us remember the basics and re-affirm the values of sanity and care. This month's commentary attempts to offer a little of that and was inspired by a dear friend of mine. She knows who she is.
--Bill Herbst
Commentary: WHEN WE ALL DO BETTER, WE ALL DO BETTER
The title of this commentary seems a bit nonsensical at first glance, like a tautological redundancy. Well, sure---when we all do better, we all do better. Duh! But peel away the surface and more subtle, substantive, and relevant meanings emerge.
