Insight

Where Have All The Philosophers Gone?

Tom Morris | Posted 12.16.2009 | Living


Tom Morris

Science pays off in technology and medicine. Where does contemporary philosophy pay off?

Owning Up

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Dr. Irene S. Levine

Sometimes people believe they need to obtain closure from another person before they sever a friendship. This isn't true.

The Four Noble Truths

Noah Levine | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living


Noah Levine

The Buddha taught that life by its very nature is unsatisfactory, that some level of difficulty exists for all unenlightened beings in creation.

The Four Noble Truths of the Revolutionary Path to Freedom

Noah Levine | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living


Noah Levine

The first teachings the Buddha gave after his enlightenment were the four noble truths. This giving of the truths is often referred to as the setting in motion of the wheel of Dharma.

Hundreds Join Together To Investigate House Health Care Bill

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics


Matthew Palevsky

During these preliminary stages of the legislative process, HuffPost's Eyes & Ears is calling on readers to help make sense of the health care bill with Insight, a new interactive commenting application.

Dreaming When Far from Home

Anne Hill | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living


Anne Hill

Never having thought of myself as particularly athletic, all I needed to do was pay attention and keep focused on ground, breath, extension.

Listening at the Gate of Dreams

Anne Hill | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living


Anne Hill

Sometimes just talking out a dream enables us to find the nugget of gold in it. Every dream has something creative and useful at its core, and telling the dream helps the dreamer discover it.

Allstate: Can Brain Training Help Improve Driver Safety?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living


Alvaro Fernandez

Allstate, which called the Posit program "potentially the next big breakthrough in automobile safety," said it expects software exercises to reduce risky driving maneuvers by up to 40 percent.

Cabbage Sutra

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 09.16.2008 | Living


Sharon Salzberg

When I looked at the cabbage, what I saw was forces of nature coming together in a certain configuration, at a certain time, with tentative form and tentative color, coming together.