The Eleventh Corner: From Big Dreams to Small Steps

The Eleventh Corner: From Big Dreams to Small Steps

For as long as I can remember I’ve had dreams. My mind seems to naturally conjure future visions of how amazing things could be. This is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s a powerful imaginal capacity. It underpins key parts of my mystical and shamanic work....
Embodying the Future Self

Embodying the Future Self

I must confess, I am slightly obsessed by the future. I think about it all the time. Both mine—how I’m going to achieve all the dreams I have, and what it would be like to live that future? And ours—how on earth are we going to make it through this very odd moment...
The Game of Soul Goals

The Game of Soul Goals

For the last three Christmases, my family and I have played a wonderful board game called Pandemic Legacy. The “standard” game pits the players—who constitute a collaborative team, rather than opponents—against a lethal virus which is threatening the world with...
The Convenience of Not Setting Goals

The Convenience of Not Setting Goals

I learned a new skill last year. In fact, to call it a skill does perhaps not do it full justice. For it is in actuality, a capacity for a fundamental orientation toward life. One that much to my shame, I had hitherto forsaken. In common parlance this capacity would...