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Bright Blue Dot
In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn’s rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. It is only one footprint in a mosaic of… Continue reading
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Ft. Collins, Colorado
The buddy-friend-guy and I are on our way to visit our good brother on the Way, Ronnie Pelton, the customer advocacy director at Toddy LLC. We’ll be visiting the Rocky Mountain National Forest, Estes Park, Boulder, etc. But we are… Continue reading
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Tannhäuser Overture | Richard Wagner
Sitting and waiting for the newest Teen Wolf episode on MTV and suddenly I think, “Hey, why not listen to one of Richard Wagner‘s greatest overtures?” Indeed, good brother and sisters of the Ether, why not? Now, I am quite… Continue reading
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Lessons from Mysticism
Originally posted on creating for Christ: Mysticism and the Church In one of my online theology classes this question was posed – What would mysticism as described by Placher in relation to Meister Eckhart say to the church today? My… Continue reading
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The Crisis of Finance Capitalism and the Exhaustion of Neoliberalism
The report “Changing Banking for Good” attempts to make bankers personally responsible, to reform bank governance and strengthen the powers of regulators. Some think that if the report’s recommendations are implemented, it will destroy London as a global financial center.… Continue reading
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This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is Gas Land
The Obama Administration has proposed new regulations for hydraulic fracturing on 756 million acres of public and tribal lands. The rules were written by the drilling industry and will be streamlined into effect by a new intergovernmental task force, established… Continue reading
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Daodejing 7
#7* Heaven is eternal; earth is everlasting. The reason why heaven and earth can be eternal and everlasting? Because they do not exist for themselves, [they] thus can live long. Therefore, the Sage makes himself go behind yet he comes… Continue reading
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when God’s not looking
Originally posted on coromandal: Here is a description of bait and switch on the macro scale. The worshipers of Dionysus experienced ecstasy – a feeling of communion and immortality – through rites of wine and dancing. One can argue –… Continue reading
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