Why - The Way Things Are

Copyright Schmopyright

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:57:00 -0400

I don�t believe in �owning� knowledge. Too many people and too many organizations have too many times used knowledge as power over others. We are all people and we all have the right to knowledge. Fortunately for me, I�m not the only one that feels this way. The copyleft movement describes my feelings perfectly.

Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes Benz

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:28:00 -0400

Richard Bach wrote in his classical philosophical book Illusions, �Argue for your limitations and they are yours.� It�s sort of a reverse of the visualization movement or, the capsulized �The Secret� that is so much easier to swallow than ritualistic western mysticism. If you think it can�t work, then it can�t. Conversely, if you think it can,...

The Evolving Banana

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:08:00 -0400

So, at some point you�ve probably seen that absurd clip of Kirk Cameron and some Aussie preacher arguing that the banana is �the atheist�s nightmare,� because its perfect adaptation to human food needs implies a divine creator. This would be a hopeless argument...

Do Humans Mate for Life

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:31:00 -0400

Everyone is looking for �the one� who will be a partner for life. Some even feel that they are looking for a lost soul counterpart, their other half somewhere here on the earth like a needle in a haystack. Many believe that human beings are meant to mate for life. However, I am not so sure about that. I think perhaps that idea could be...

Feeding the Mystical Monkey

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:56:00 -0400

The Rosicrucian Order uses a traditional scaffolding approach to mystical learning. Setting up the system as an allegory for a temple, perhaps rooted in Templar practices, the system starts with the Postulant Section and includes eight lessons dealing with preliminary mystical concepts around time, space and consciousness.

The Universe and Everything in it, Packaged and in Full Color for Your Convenience

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:32:00 -0500

It is the plague of our forefathers, ancestors and legends of history to have not known enough for their own time. We may look at John Lennon, Gandhi, and Jesus Christ adoringly from our seat here in the Present, but we often follow up with "only if".