A man lives in a house with 3000 rooms. He begins each day standing in the courtyard at its center. He chooses a room. And on his way to that room, he anticipates a great prize. Something that is going to change his life. He arrives at the room. When he opens the door, he […]
The bonds that humans have formed are not sacred. They are built upon a storehouse of Need. If family was sacred then it would contain no turmoil. If friendship were sacred, friends wouldn’t become enemies. If marriage was sacred, there would be no divorce. The Truth is that nothing is sacred. A mother gives birth […]
Death and True Art are inseparable. Art is the only thing worth living for. But in order to live for it, one must die to it. A majestic creation consumes a man whole. It usurps every molecule of his faculties. It consumes every drop of his humanity. Art is not for the compromising sort. For […]
The human who has nothing, tends to seek everything. The human who has everything, tends to seek peace. He tends to seek freedom. Such a one would do well to realize that having everything allows him the rarest of opportunities . . . It puts him in a unique position among men . . . […]
We will begin with a scene from Oliver Stone’s masterpiece, Wall Street. Gordon Gekko (the master investor) is explaining The Truth to his protégé and neophyte broker (Bud Fox). Bud asks Gordon, “What about hard work?” This is Gordon’s response: “What about it? I bet you stayed up all night analyzing that dog shit stock […]
My almost five decades of existence has culminated in this moment. In which I sit and write this letter to myself. For much of my life I have been enamored by the ascetics of my native land who retreated into the seclusion of the Himalayas. For much of that time, although I was fascinated by […]
An Olympic runner spends years preparing for a 100 meter sprint that lasts for 10 Seconds or less. If he wins, he stands on the podium with a gold medal around him, for a few Minutes. Jeremy Jones spends years planning a trip to remote Himalayan Peaks. He spends months traveling. He spends weeks acclimatizing. […]
Life is short. And it is long. For the one who has found his Element, it is short. For the one who has not, it is long. Ernest Shackleton led three expeditions to the Antarctic. It’s said that when he was away from his expeditions, Shackleton’s life was “restless and unfulfilled.” In January of […]
There are many routines in the life of a societal human being. There are many distractions. There are untold numbers of chores. There are responsibilities. There are obligations. There are things that must be done. There are things that must be tended to. And each of these things is an interference with the way that […]
There is something better than being The Best. Something that the hearts of men cannot help but Revere. Better and best do have their day in the limelight. But the one who achieves a special significance of this one thing has a special place in history reserved only for them. Being the best is certainly […]