Wayne Moses Burke

Life is a balance of things. To be happy and successful, you need to accomplish a lot of things at the same time – you have to survive: food, shelter, clothing, etc.; you have to maintain relationships with those around you: family, friends, lovers; you have to manage your own happiness: your spiritual well-being, your [...]

How do you solve a problem? One My first answer would be to use logic. Figure out what the problem is. Determine a solution. Rationally lay out a plan of action. Implement it. The problem with this is that I don’t follow plans well – let me rephrase. Plans do not approximate reality well. They [...]

I have always thought that it was possible to fully understand things. Now, I’m not so sure. I think it’s possible that all we do as humans is develop metaphors that approximate what we experience and prepare us to deal with it the next time. If the metaphors predict behaviour and response accurately enough, then [...]

Isn’t that what it’s all about? Listening to Obama’s acceptance speech last night, I couldn’t help but draw parallels between Lincoln (which he talked about), FDR, and him. I suppose to leave out Washington is historically inaccurate, but I don’t know enough to draw those conclusions. This is not to say that I have decided [...]

Life is so simple, until you live it.

Chris said yesterday (I’m paraphrasing): “We need to stop trying to be, and just spend our time being.”

I’m doing something crazy. Is that news? Perhaps not, but here’s the plan: I just ordered new glasses from an online seller. Infathomably, they were $19 (plus shipping). To keep it interesting, I ordered them with a weaker prescription than I probably should have to work on improving my sight and hopefully do away with [...]

Nothing is ever finished. Really. You can pretend, “oh, phew… I got that done!” but come on! The world revolves around change. Everything is changing and will continue to do so – that’s how it works. You don’t so much finish as get it close enough – for now. Then, maybe you get back to [...]

This is the big debate in my head. You see, I’m working on something – the beginning of this nonprofit that I’m setting up. And the potential ramifications of it are, well, staggering. Or maybe I just think that ’cause it’s my baby.

I know – it sounds a little woo-woo (new agey, if you will), but listen for a minute. A dear friend of mine sent me a link to some audio files from the website of a couple of Buddhist teachers in New York City who did a series of teachings on this subject – and [...]