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  • A Boon of Dandelions 4

    Our greatest shortcoming: obsessive desire for certainty, compulsive appetite for the sure thing. Some will panic in the search; a few get utterly lost in trying to fix the “game.” Yet life is no play-thing to manipulate. The conviction that… Continue reading

  • A Boon of Dandelions 3

    These past weeks since my brother’s death, fear has hunted me. Or better, I have hunted myself… for I have not been afeared of what might actually do me harm right now or even partially down the line of life.… Continue reading

  • A Boon of Dandelions 2

    Frustrated. Nervous. Confused. Diseased. Disordered. Cloudy day and foggy mood although I do not think it a direct correlation: not then seasonal activity disorder. Melancholy abounds into my now/here; she empassions me darkly. Boundary situation of pain: Toes I sprained… Continue reading

  • be happy, do nothing… « lederr

    From Lederr‘s blog… Canadian social psychologist Jamie Gruman is proposing a new way of achieving nirvana: Do nothing. Instead, live in the moment and embrace the “serene and contented acceptance of life as it is, with no ambitions of acquisition,… Continue reading

  • Ending The War Between Athens & Jerusalem: LA Review of Books

    THE VIEW THAT ATHENS AND JERUSALEM represent two very different and antagonistic sources of Western civilization has long been a feature of the Western tradition. It dates back at least to Tertullian’s passionate second-century polemic against Greek philosophy. Those Enlightenment… Continue reading

  • Eyes of Spirit: Works by Adam Scott Miller

    My own life’s work as an artist is an expression of energy, creating my response to what I feel is needed for harmony between my consciousness and the cosmos. Visionary art is this pursuit of harmony, in courageous creativity for… Continue reading

  • Scape by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers

    Not one to advertise things for the iPad, but so many of my buddies are musicians who will find this of great interest. Continue reading

    Scape by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers

  • Textimony 20120923

    Attend. Adjust. Acknowledge: Unhindered by regret, this WAY lets-go the insolence reposing within success & embraces the humility residing within failure Continue reading

  • The Method of the Moon Bridge

    The Moon was one of humankind’s first measures for time. Thus, to this day the word “month” recalls that original measurement. “Moon” itself probably arises from a variation of the Indo-European term “me-” which is also the root for “to… Continue reading

  • Tolkien & Teaching

    In his mythology, Tolkien tells us that the elves crossed the sea in rebellion, and even those who linger yet in Middle Earth do not forget and yearn for a return to their land of origin.  For elves, the sea is… Continue reading

  • Quora answer: What is the value of accepting paradoxes in life? « thinknet

    I thought I would clarify the nature of paradox in relation to superrationality. Paradox is mixture, it is where there is mixture between contradictory opposites. However, superrationality is when you have two things at the same time but they do… Continue reading

  • Hermeticism and the Anthropic Principle of Evolution « Footnotes 2 Plato

    In The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), Karl Popper famously (or infamously, as far as Hegelians are concerned) attacked Hegel for his bewitching apriorism and supposed distain for empirical science, going so far as to blame his Platonically inspired “mystery… Continue reading

  • Jive Turkey « Not Australia

    I always regret not taking the opportunity to visit Istanbul in 2005 when I had the chance. Hopefully, I will get there sooner or later. Until then, I appreciate these wonderful travel logs at sites like Turkischland. JiveTurkey « Not… Continue reading

  • Catching the morning sun. | garyschollmeier

    Catching the morning sun. | garyschollmeier.   Continue reading

  • Seeing the World Close-Up | Tracie Louise Photography

    Interacting with the people of the Ether, these communities of sentiment & devotion that share the singular situation of their vision… this is a wonderful privilege and used in the most mindful manner allows us to envision possibilities that we… Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120822

    We try & are tried; harm & are harmed; help & are helped. Not having THE ANSWER for all time, we embrace historic solutions for the time being. Thus we strive . Related articles If we can refrain from harming… Continue reading

    Textimony 20120822

  • Afraid of the Dark and Loving It: Guillermo del Toro’s Idol, H.P. Lovecraft – Fandor – Essential films. Instantly!

    The life and work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, which includes hugely influential stories like “At the Mountains of Madness” and “The Call of Cthulhu” – are treated by his acolytes like the stuff of cult lore. Lovecraft’s xenophobia and propensity… Continue reading

  • » Sorting Out the Apostle Paul Beyond Good and Evil

    This is a blog entry from the first person with which I ever studied philosophy, Ronnie “Doc” Hastings, Ph.D. So, what I am about to do regarding Paul and the origins of Christianity is to claim my birth right as… Continue reading