free-will – Unbounded Life

Sting Me Baby One More Time

Posted on December 1, 2024December 5, 2024 by Chris Barclay

Halfway down the rabbit hole of a recent psychedelic experience, I encountered the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog. What I always thought was a simple morality tale suddenly took on new meaning as a powerful metaphor for my own contradictions and possibility of self-integration. Through this mystical experience, I have come to see […]

On Remembering the Future

Posted on February 26, 2022August 25, 2023 by Chris Barclay

Stephen Hawking found it tantalizing that we could not remember the future. But remembering the future is child’s play for me now. I know what will become of my helpless, trusting babies because they are grown-ups now. I know how my closest friends will end up because so many of them are retired or dead now […]