This opsimath blogger strikes again! Somehow, the words just keep popping up in my mind like popcorn in a hot pan. Feel free to add your own corn kernels of wisdom to this one, and together we can cook up a big barrel of insight! Add your own butter and Read more
There are still lots of opinions out there about how we should feel, about what we should believe, and about how to correctly perceive. Emotions, such as anger and fear, and all of the people in our lives, may be right for this moment, yet, may not be right to Read more
Each and every one of us has the capacity to be an oppressor. I want to encourage each and every one of us to interrogate how we might be an oppressor and how we might be able to become liberators for ourselves and for each other. — Laverne Cox The Read more
Revelation 12:9: “This great dragon — the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world — was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.” John 8:44—”When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” Read more
This is my commentary on truth, and the falsehoods springing up around covid-19. There is a continuation of corrosive divisiveness and contrariness of many citizens within our population. There is a bizarre perception that if the facts are disputed enough, then they are no longer real, and we can then Read more
The thirteenth disciple rides again! Happy Easter to those who believe in the Easter Bunny, the risen Jesus, or whatever that keeps your spiritual row boat floating merrily and peacefully down the stream! I believe in all of us! When a spiritually inspired being no longer plays by the rules Read more
Are you above 60 years of age, do you have any pre-existing medical conditions, or are you a member of a lower economic group? The whole world faces an incredible challenge with the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet these three groups of people seem to be in the virus’s crosshairs, at least Read more
The Trump administration is pushing to reopen much of the country in May, raising concerns among health experts and economists of a possible covid-19 resurgence if Americans return to their normal lives before the virus is truly stamped out. The body count could rise considerably higher if Trump and his Read more
On Tuesday, Oregon’s cannabis regulators reported that the state sold a record-breaking $84.5 million worth of weed in March as residents stocked up to prepare for government-ordered self-quarantines. In March 2019, Oregon sold $61.2 million worth of weed. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has seen a 17 percent increase in Read more
Some men have internal narratives that overrun the forces of reason and collective intelligence. Welcome to the skewed narratives and apocalyptic visions of our ignorant, self-destructive men in the White House. SOME MEN JUST WANT TO WATCH THE WORLD BURN TREASON-Trump Related Extreme Anxiety Strikes Our Nation As the first Read more
Part Three: The Master Teacher Speaks Going my way? “Our lives begin to end, the moment that we become silent about things that matter” Martin Luther King, Jr. All human beings should consider joining a recovery program, as we are all challenged and threatened by our human condition. And because Read more
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he.—Proverbs 29:18 PROFOUNDLY DISTRESSING AND HEARTBREAKING-WORLDWIDE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND AMERICA’S FAILED PRESIDENCY. WHO ELSE BUT DONALD TRUMP WOULD TURN A DISASTER INTO A DIVISIVE POLITICAL GAME? The COVID-19 story keeps evolving. Tragically, the Read more
The nature of self-organizing systems is that once the quiescent point (also known as the Q point, set point, the functional operation level, the balance or the homeostasis point) has been altered, the system naturally seeks a return back to its native state, or “normalcy”. Typically, if we stretch a Read more
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he.—Proverbs 29:18 I am still not sure what the greatest threat to our country might be: Donald Trump, or COVID-19. If we continue to be exposed to both threats, we are fucked for sure! Read more
The following material is for those readers with intense philosophical and spiritual curiosity. In “truth” it may not be for anybody. This post is inspired by my relationship with the teacher, and the teachings of Jiddhu Krishnamurti, and a universal truth forever available to any sincere seeker. The thoughts, beliefs, Read more
This post is only for those with intense philosophical and spiritual curiosity.In “truth” it may not be for anybody. This post will probably chase away the few stragglers left that still check in on my posts. “One is never afraid of the unknown, rather, one is afraid of the known Read more
I AM I am the brightest of mornings, I am the cloudiest of days, I am the silent night altar upon which mankind prays and preys. I am the Olmec and Mayan of times old, recent, and new, I am all civilization’s ruins, and I am the ever-evolving life that Read more
“Oh, and one more thing, you are not going to like what come’s after America . . . “—-Leonard Cohen The latest developments in the city streets across America shows that racism has expanded under the leadership of Donald Trump and his white nationalist advisor, Stephen Miller. Trump threatens to Read more
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. — Fred Rogers Spiritual freedom Read more
The Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama had an extended dialogue, which was used to write a book called “Book Of Joy: Lasting Happiness In A Changing World”, which we are currently reading in our book club. My point of view is much more closely aligned with Desmond Tutu’s, Read more