Politics
This Side of Paradise and the Unexamined Self
Last night I watched an old Star Trek original series episode that had come to mind: “This Side of Paradise“. The story in it always intrigued me: artificial happiness and the cult-like dramatic conflict when the agricultural lifestyle colonists encounter the Star Trek crew, as well as the entertainment value of what happens with the…
Read MoreOn Beyond Spiritual Bypassing
This article is not about showing you how not to do spiritual bypassing (or telling someone else how not to do it) but will make a case that the concept has very limited usefulness. I hope to communicate the fact that it’s a term we would do better to replace with something more useful and…
Read MoreNotes on Prophets, Mystics, Sages, Philosophers and All That Good Stuff
Last night I watched an entertaining musical from the 70’s, Jesus Christ Superstar. I saw it when I was a kid. Very enjoyable music and great lyrics. Then for something less dramatic and more meditative before bed, I read some of The Gospel of Thomas until I got sleepy. (http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gthlamb.html) My reflections this morning: In…
Read MoreLove and Freedom Cannot Be Separated
Freedom and love can’t be separated. By “freedom” is meant true inner freedom, and by “love” is meant impersonal love, the nondual living truth, not human love. A lack of love and freedom is experienced as darkness, pain and suffering. But if love and freedom is who are, then how can there be a…
Read MoreTechnological Governance: A Response to Daniel Jeffries’ Interview on Future Thinkers
I recently enjoyed listening to an interview with a friend – a “colleague in thought” – with whom I also engaged in a fascinating discussion (Dialogues With a Mad Solipsist) on the subject of solipsism several years ago, when we were both members of a co-working space in San Diego. Daniel Jeffries is a writer…
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