• Enlightenment | Posted by Mart De Haan on Jan 01 2008

    What does it take to be wise?
    In a television commercial for online yellow pages, actor David Carradine plays a guru to a young seeker. When the student asks, “How do I find enlightenment?” the master says, “Yellowbook.com . . . Everyone is searching for something . . . . After all, it is a material [...]

  • The Urge to Jump | Posted by Mart De Haan on Nov 01 2007

    In April 2006, a man attempted to jump from the top of the Empire State Building.
    At the last minute, security guards physically restrained him and New York City police charged him with first-degree reckless endangerment. A judge later dismissed the charges, noting that the man had taken steps to ensure the safety of others.
    The man’s [...]