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- WHAT’S GOING ON, A LITTLE BIT ON OUR CURRENT PROBLEMS, AND THE WISDOM OF RUMI
- REFLECTIONS ON LIFE AS WE AGE, AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE.
- FORESIGHT, AND PLANING FOR THE FUTURE, RATHER THAN WAIT AND SEE WHAT MAY HAPPEN, A TIME FOR HEART.
- VIVAMOS VIDERE, THE MORE WE LIVE, THE MORE WE ARE A WITNESS TO LIFE.
- 2020 ANNO HORRIBILIS=HORRIBLE YEAR, SO FAR.
- THE THINGS TO COME, SOONER THAN WE EXPECTED, THE FRUIT OF UNBRIDLED PLUTOCRACY, AN OUTDATED MODEL, ON A FINITE WORLD.
- THE AGE OF RESPONSIBILITY, OR PAYBACK, IT’S HERE.
- LOVE, AND SOLITUDE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS
- COSMOLOGIES, AND SEMANTICS.
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Category Archives: Consciousness
FORESIGHT, AND PLANING FOR THE FUTURE, RATHER THAN WAIT AND SEE WHAT MAY HAPPEN, A TIME FOR HEART.
EVERYTHING WE ARE GOING THROUGH WAS PREDICTABLE. We have eyes to see, so we can navigate safely, you see an obstacle in your path when walking, well you avoid it. We have ears to hear, and alert us to whatever … Continue reading
Posted in A Brave New World, A World in Crisis, American Hubris, Attitude, Consciousness, Crisis, Crisis of Values, Critical Thinking, Current Affairs, Democracy, Dystopia, History Has Consecuences, Justice, Moral Virtue, Pandemic, Politics, Responsibility, Right Attitude, Suffering, Things To Come, Uncategorized, Values, Virtue
Tagged Social Revolution
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VIVAMOS VIDERE, THE MORE WE LIVE, THE MORE WE ARE A WITNESS TO LIFE.
“Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence. The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of … Continue reading
THE THINGS TO COME, SOONER THAN WE EXPECTED, THE FRUIT OF UNBRIDLED PLUTOCRACY, AN OUTDATED MODEL, ON A FINITE WORLD.
Michelle Goldberg, in the NYT podcast, “The argument,” said something that put the first five months of this year into stark perspective. She said that 2020 started off like 1974 (an impeachment crisis), quickly became 1918 (a pandemic), turned into … Continue reading
Posted in A World in Crisis, Backlash Of History, Consciousness, Corruption, Crisis, Crisis of Values, Criticism, Doomsday, Dystopia, Ecological Crisis, Economy, Environment, Future, Globalization, Government and Free Markets, Greed and Impunity, History Has Consecuences, Justice, Life Liberty and the pursuit of happines, Malthusian Future, New Values, Obsolete Government, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Plutocracy, Responsibility, Social Criticism, The Empire Crumbling, Things To Come, Uncategorized
Tagged Climate Change, Crisis, Economic Hardships, George Floyd, Hyper-Capitalism, Pandemic, Plutocracy, Riots, Social Unrest, Time For Reckoning, Unemployment, What Will Be Next?
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THE AGE OF RESPONSIBILITY, OR PAYBACK, IT’S HERE.
“There are not many persons who know what wonders are opened to them in the stories and visions of their youth; for when as children we learn and dream, we think but half-formed thoughts, and when as men we try … Continue reading
Posted in A World in Crisis, Climate Change, Consciousness, Coronavirus, Crisis, Critical Thinking, Disillusion with Capitalism, Doomsday, Dystopia, Ecology, Economy, Extinction of Species, Ignorance, Inspiration, Malthusian Future, Mother Earth, New Values, Pandemic, Responsibility, The Rights of Nature, Things To Come, Uncategorized, Urban Decay
Tagged A World Finite, Changing, Covid-19, Growing Up, Incoming Disasters, Payback, Responsibility
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MAN THE SYMBOLIC CREATURE
“The past is preserved only in darkness, the future is not raised to the level of an image, as something which can be anticipated. It is the symbolic expression which first creates the possibility of looking backward and looking forward… … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Religions, Astrology, Babylonian Astrology, Consciousness, Cosmology, Critical Thinking, Cuneiform Tablets, Historical Evolution, Human Nature, Inspiration, Knowledge, Language, Language of Signs, Symbology, Symbols, Uncategorized
Tagged Algebra, Ancient Wisdom, Babylonian Astrology, Cuneiform Tablets, Otto Neugebauer, Symbolic Language, Symbolism
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MEN UNIQUE AS A LIVING BEING, LIVING A PARALLEL LIFE OF SUBJECTIVITY, AND QUESTIONING THE MEANING OF LIFE.
Chinese Hermit Today “Man is always inclined to regard the small circle in which he lives as the center of the world and to make his particular, private life the standard of the universe and to make his particular, private … Continue reading
Posted in Being, Consciousness, Critical Thinking, Epictetus, Ernst Cassirer, Imagination, Inspiration, Knowledge, Language of Signs, Myth, Mythology, Philosophy, Progress, Reality, Science and Belief, Subjective, Symbology, Symbols, Uncategorized, World View
Tagged Ernst Cassirer, Homo Religiousus, Homo Sapiens, Johan von Uexküll, Mircea Eliade, Rene Descartes, Rousseau, Symbolic Universe, The Subjective Mind
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REINVENTING THE WORLD AS WE SEE IT, THE DANGER OF CHOOSING POORLY, PLEASE BE CAREFUL OF YOUR OWN NARRATIVE.
The World it´s not as it is, but as we see it, so it is, at least to us. B.A We live in a World made of images, information, and narratives, collective, and personal, and that we call it Knowledge, … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Consciousness, Crisis of Values, Critical Thinking, Ibn Arabi, Ignorance, Imagination, Madness, Mass Shootings, Media Indoctrination, Quantum Mind, Suffering, Uncategorized, Values, Violence
Tagged Be Selective, Eugene Wigner, Long Held Thoughts Turn Into Actions, Mass Shootings, Media Indoctrination, Movies Trivialize Violence, Quantum Mind, Roger Penrose, The Two Wolfs, Violence As A Way To Resolve Conflict
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THE GRAVITY OF BANALITY, IT HAS CONSEQUENCES, THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT.
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.” Hannah Arendt. The Banality of Evil Philosopher and Political theorist Hannah Arendt, pointed out that in order to … Continue reading
Posted in A World in Crisis, American Hubris, Banality, Consciousness, Corruption, Crisis, Crisis of Values, Critical Thinking, Cultural Attitudes, Disillusion with Capitalism, Education, Greed and Impunity, History, Hubris, Ignorance, Illusions, Inspiration, Justice, Life Liberty and the pursuit of happines, Materialism, Moral Virtue, New Values, Obsolete Government, Over Consumption, Plato, Social Criticism, Strategy, The Empire Crumbling, Things To Come, Transformation, Uncategorized
Tagged Banality, Corruption, Drunkenness, Hubris, Lost Victories, Moral Decay, Obsolete Government, Outdated America, Past Glories, Strategy, Stupidity, Sun Tzu, The Empire Crumbles, The Noise Before Defeat, Virtue, Von Manstein
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