So I’m reading this book on grace, which is turning out to be one of my favorite books ever, because it so systematically details how grace operates in a way that confirms my own thoughts on the subject for so long. Yet it goes further, and provides lots of evidence to support its position. Here is […]
Pursuing Happiness via Meditation
This "Pursuing Happiness via Meditation" category is hard to name because it covers a range from mundane to esoteric, but is for general mystical inquiries, matters of the heart, alternative remedies, meditations, visions, dreams and so forth. Such are to be found here.
Children are not at the center of their knowledge; quite the opposite
All that you know Is hanging on a structure of you You at the center As if that were the only way Calmly, openly, as if There were no ugliness therein It was not always so; Consider for a moment And you will see clearly: When you were young All that you knew Was hanging on the structure Of someone […]
Before the beginning
Before the beginning, the Holy One awakened one morning as the birds began to sing their serenade to the coming sunrise. We whose love for the Father is so great we cannot bear to be separated from him, our beloved whose every breath is a great wonder for the infinite depth of meaning which […]
Our purpose is joy
I wrote the following in response to a friend who was saying there was no obvious purpose, and quoting Kierkegaard on how we create our own purpose until we realize it is absurd: I believe there is a purpose, and our purpose is "joy," and suggest that we are at the very initial phase in […]
Love is the standard
Love Won the War […]
Kabbalah provides a clue to solving the Cosmological Constant Problem
A clue to resolving what is "likely the most difficult problem facing physicists" for the past few decades appears to be buried in the kabbalah. For those who are not entirely familiar with the Cosmological Constant Problem, here is an excellent article published today talking about it: […]
On discovering my thoughts have a hint of Informational Structural Realism in them
Well this is interesting. After I wrote the post talking about a way of perceiving that was beyond quantum, I discover that there is in my thoughts plenty of similarity with an existing idea called "Informational Structural Realism." The original article by Luciano Floridi is […]
The nine worlds of which this is one
I experienced eight different worlds one morning, one right after another. The overall circumstance in which this happened was strikingly similar to what is found in the dream-layers of the movie "Inception," but this was several layers deeper and took place long before the movie came out. […]
Metformin AKA Goat's Rue, Ancient Remedy for the Plague, Extends Life
Really didn't expect this. Apparently this medication derived from an herb, known since ancient days to help with diabetes symptoms, has an effect which improves quality and quantity of life. Pretty safe, too, minimal side effects for most people. A Google search of this life-extending aspect of […]
The world presented by perception is nothing like reality
This is interesting. On one side you’ll find researchers scratching their chins raw trying to understand how a three-pound lump of gray matter obeying nothing more than the ordinary laws of physics can give rise to first-person conscious experience. This is the aptly named "hard problem." […]
Rethinking Creativity: Are We Listening To Our Prophets and Healers?
http://highexistence.com/rethinking-mental-illness-are-we-drugging-our-prophets-and-healers/
Why I Wrote My Eulogy Yesterday - Vironika Tugaleva
http://www.vironika.org/wrote-eulogy-yesterday/
Brazilian Government Makes Critical Decision About Indigenous Lands
http://www.trueactivist.com/brazilian-government-makes-critical-decision-about-indigenous-lands/? […]
How To Make Your Own Healthy Marshmallows
This looks fun. http://www.realfarmacy.com/healthy-marshmallow-diy/
Everybody knows - Leonard Cohen - YouTube
Everybody knows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lin-a2lTelg
The Guy Who Posts Leonard Cohen's "The Partisan" On Your Wall Every Day
It's a bot. Stops working on Veteran's Day. Doesn't exist, just an idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S34cVkL6zCE
Gieseking in 1944 Berlin: First Complete Stereo Tape Recording
Beethoven: Piano Concerto in E Flat, Op. 73, "Emperor," with Artur Rother conducting the Berlin Reichsander Symphony Orchestra. Historic Stereo by the Music and Arts Programs of America, 1990 CD 637. by Jared Smith Listen closely to this 1944 recording of Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto, […]
Lions do not fight mosquitos
They don't.
The declining half life of secrets
If I had time I'd write a book on this immediately and expect it would sell well -- there is a hungry audience for this kind of analysis. Bruce Schneier linked to this, and I find it fascinating. It's a powerpoint, so to make it easy for you, I'm including a few screenshots below. The title is: […]
Ten things to give your children (DRAFT)
Children natively love both parents no matter what, as a force more powerful than just about any other they carry. This is the essence of what we destroy in children to make them into grumpy grownups like us -- it is what was destroyed in us, remember? (Oh child of the Cold War where everybody […]