Thoughts and emotions arise and pass by like leaves and twigs on the water. Watching them without interference, without trying to do anything about them, the mind quiets and the…
religion
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We like to think we are individuals, especially in the West. Indeed, individualism is largely an unseen and unquestioned ideology.
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Are Catholics, or members of any religious group who pick and choose what church teachings and decrees to follow, still Catholic? The question goes to the heart of ethnic and…
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You know things are bad in the West when many people, of many faiths, turn to the head of the patriarchal, corrupt, antediluvian Roman Catholic Church (RCC) for moral guidance.…
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MeditationsUncategorized
Kent State, Meditative State and Revolutionary State
by Martin LeFevre 2015/04/29Forty-five years ago, while protesting the invasion of Cambodia ten days after President Nixon said he was winding down the war in Vietnam, my generation played at revolution, and got…
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EditorialsOpinionUncategorized
Understanding Costa Rica’s Cultural Institute of Gnostic Studies
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2015/04/25Questioning and wanting to understand the reason for existence has been a motive for reflection, investigation, scientific probing, sleepless nights and praying for inspiration and guidance. Throughout the ages we…
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As regular readers know, I feel the human brain is the only brain on this planet with the potential to be consciously aware of the sacredness within and beyond nature.
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Though the rain didn’t begin until late morning, by mid-afternoon the park that runs along the creek through town had already returned to its creatures. A light, almost imperceptible drizzle…