by Phyllis Chubb | Jul 25, 2024
Guna is a new word in English. However, many people don’t understand its importance beyond its reference to an energy or quality. Yoga and Jyotish practitioners will recognize its simplistic association with the judgement of energy being very high, very low, or...
by Phyllis Chubb | Jul 18, 2024
The language we speak shapes our worldview because the base of a language supports or restricts what we see. Languages are based on objectivity or a combination of objectivity and subjectivity. English is based on objectivity. Another word for objectivity is...
by Phyllis Chubb | Jul 11, 2024
Each culture provides explanations for questions asked by its youth. Questions like ‘How or what made the world?’, ‘Why am I here?’, and ‘Where am I going?’ get answered. The answers shape our perceptions of the world, our values, sense of purpose, and the meaning of...
by Phyllis Chubb | Jul 4, 2024
When conflicting biases remain hidden to us, there is a problem because biases direct our actions and judgements in life. Challenges occur when we hold conflicting biases. An example is when one person says they expect privacy for themselves but denies it to other...
by Phyllis Chubb | Jun 28, 2024
When growing up, the contradictions between what I was taught to believe and the behaviors I saw around me set me on a quest. The quest? To understand why my elders, and society at large, said one thing but did another. I’d overheard many adult conversations where...
by Phyllis Chubb | Nov 21, 2023
It’s time to start a regular chronicle of the adventures I’ve enjoyed in life, especially while learning the art of novel writing. Writing involves more, much more, than stringing letters together. Every computer houses at least one gremlin. We can’t see these...
