Happiness: from Elihu’s Key by Mal Garvin – short Excerpt:

There is a generic term for all negative emotions – unhappiness. I have seen whole corporate cultures become destabilized, unhappy and therefore unproductive when infected by negative and destructive emotions. Because the ego is driven by a need to look good and be...

THE SPIRITUAL DISTINCTIVE OF BEING HUMAN

As love, truth, creativity and our sense of agency are thwarted we become unstable. If these four aspects of a healthy will become inverted we go close to the edge of becoming crazy. They are the means of our becoming more alive and whole. They are the expressions of...

“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.”...

Elihu’s Key by Mal Garvin – short excerpt

There is a little girl or boy inside each of us, wanting to transcend itself. Too often this little boy or girl inside of us gets tucked away, along with its love of life and adventure. It’s true, you can have safety or adventure but you can’t have both at the same...

Elihu’s Key by Mal Garvin – a short excerpt

How to discover our source of human illumination If as Elihu says “It is the spirit in a man that gives understanding,” this source of wisdom has significant implications for the way we engage with the whole of life. It has profound implications for the way we manage...