Author Archives: Dave Pollard

May I Ask a Question?

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Dave Pollard

Image from pixabay by Dean Moriarty, CC0 My friend Ben Collver recently loaned me a book called A More Beautiful Question, by Warren Berger, that arose from some ideas in Warren’s blog. The book is specifically focused on questions that spark business … Continue reading →

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Non-Duality Dude: A One-Act Play

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Dave Pollard

image from Pixabay, CC0 (Scene One: Mid-afternoon, summer. The main floor of a small, open concept house. A forest is visible through the picture window; the sound of surf can be heard in the background.) (Characters: Darien, an aging hippie, … Continue reading →

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Links of the Quarter: September 2018

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Dave Pollard

Cartoon by Hugh Macleod from Gaping Void Physicist Sean Carroll, a leading-edge thinker and researcher on quantum mechanics and astrophysics. just did a podcast in which he says: You want to know why the universe is, you’re not going to … Continue reading →

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Hierarchy is the Enemy of Learning

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Dave Pollard

drawing by hugh macleod at gaping void  I spent many years of my professional life advising small and medium sized businesses. My main advice to them over the years was: have iterative conversations with customers and colleagues about what you and … Continue reading →

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On Gratefulness: A Self-Enquiry

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Dave Pollard

photo by geralt at pixabay CC0 Many so-called non-dual ‘teachers’ recommend self-enquiry as part of the process towards awakening, enlightenment, or whatever other term they use for the realization that there actually is nothing separate, that there is only an … Continue reading →

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Your Self: An Owner’s Manual

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Dave Pollard

Image by Darren Hopes in New Scientist Congratulations! You have acquired a Self. Every one is different, but in some respects each is identical to all others. If you are still a small baby, this manual will probably not be … Continue reading →

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Love Story

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Dave Pollard

Humans are obsessed with stories. Most of our communications are stories. Most of our entertainments (film, music, theatre, reading) are stories. Our cultures are mostly about the shared stories we have come to believe. And often our primary concern when … Continue reading →

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My Best Stuff

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Dave Pollard

The inimitable Rev. Michael Dowd (bio) recently asked me to distill my list of some 80 “best posts” (on my right sidebar) down to my 10 best, since he and his wife Connie Barlow wanted to record audio versions of some of … Continue reading →

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Non-Duality: Three Ways of Describing the Elephant

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Dave Pollard

It’s now been 7 years since I began striving to become more “present” and 4 years since I gave up the struggle and accepted that there is no path to presence, liberation, awakening, enlightenment, or (fill in your favoured word here). When … Continue reading →

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Cultural Acedia: When We Can No Longer Care

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Dave Pollard

Photo: Luke MacGregor for Bloomberg A century ago, a small group of psychopaths, who had been largely ridiculed as incompetent buffoons for more than a decade before, rode a wave of confusion, chaos and anger over inequality to autocratic terror, … Continue reading →

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