by Cate Montana | Nov 20, 2023 | the E-Blog
Ever since the latest atrocities in Israel occurred last Saturday, Edwin Starr’s iconic 1969 song “War” has been going through my brain. And in case you aren’t familiar with it, here are the opening lines: “War, huh, yeah. What is it good...
by Cate Montana | Oct 14, 2023 | the E-Blog
If I had to boil the world’s political struggles down and throw them in one pot, it would be the fight of individualism versus collectivism. Anarchy versus communism. Starting with Aeschylus, Zeno and Socrates, some of the world’s greatest philosophic...
by Cate Montana | Sep 16, 2023 | the E-Blog
Like all the residents of Maui, Hawai’i, and many millions around the globe, I’m still emotionally and psychically reeling from the deadly Lahaina fire. Like millions around the world, I’m asking myself, “What really happened? What’s...
by Cate Montana | Jul 12, 2023 | the E-Blog
I was on a group call the other day, and a guy was talking and he said, “If I don’t feel, it isn’t real.” And then he kept on going and I don’t remember a thing he said after that because I was so riveted by that one short statement. It...
by Cate Montana | Jun 13, 2023 | the E-Blog
Many years ago, a spiritual teacher freaked me out at a retreat by saying out of the blue, “Soon will come the teaching of no words.” No words? How was that supposed to work? Surely, I wasn’t going to have to read my teacher’s mind? Was that...
by Cate Montana | Apr 22, 2023 | the E-Blog
River crossings are tricky. Rushing, turbulent waters, slippery rocks, no visible footing, no hand rail, no assurance you’ll make it to the other side. Back in the 1960s, every Western I ever saw about people headed West to a new life had a scene where the...
