Discourse cheers us to companionable reflection. Such reflection neither parades polemical opinions nor does it tolerate complaisant agreement. The sail of thinking keeps trimmed hard to the wind of the matter. -- from "On the Experience of Thinking," Heidegger "Philosophy is not a theory but an activity." -- from "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus," Wittgenstein Join us soon for friendship, cooperative discourse and mental exercise, all organized around an interest in our own engagements …

Enjoy dazzling sunsets on Lake Michigan (or in Montrose Harbor) while engaged in profound MEDITATION ... on a beautiful, safe, big sailboat -- captained by a commercial architectural tour-boat captain (Navy Pier) who maintained a professional holistic healing practice in California (Esalen Institute and SF) and has written 3 books regarding holistic psychology and energetics. The boat is located in beautiful Montrose Harbor. If weather cooperates, sail in silent meditation for 2 hours, with a fe …

Many by now are aware that we create our own reality. But do you really create it? If so – do you always get what you want? Is everything in your life exactly as you wanted it to be like? Where are all those Experiences you don’t want coming from? Many believe that we come to this world to learn lessons and that’s why we can’t have everything we want – good old Karma! What if that is just a belief? What if everything you think, see and believe is because you have bought yourself into belief syst …