Sailing into the Kingdom on a Magic Carpet of Sound
Chanting, for me, is a way of weaving a magic carpet. Like a real carpet, it takes time and industry. Eventually you can ride that carpet to other worlds
Expatriate Life in Europe, neither Shaken nor Stirred
Smoking Mirrors reflects on the contrast between what he left behind in the ‘Land of the Free’ and what he found in Europe
Avatar gets put in the Hurt Locker
It’s obvious that neo-con Hollywood did not like what James Cameron was projecting about the American Way. So they got into a huddle somewhere over the last year and decided to press for support for The Hurt Locker
The Monkey Mind and the Dog of Desire
We cannot access the divine directly; rather let me say that generally this doesn’t happen. Most people would be burned to a cinder. Our contact has to take place through a series of filters. Angels serve a purpose in this respect
Unholy Wars and the Disinfo Age
I think it was Diderot who stated that there would be no peace until the last politician was strangled with the entrails of the last priest. Religion, like politics, is a playground for psychopaths
We are the People that Might have Been
A human being is a vessel and a medium. According to its intentions it becomes a vehicle of light or darkness. As it seeks control over itself, the light advises and guides it. As it seeks control over its fellows, the darkness advises and guides it
The Event Horizon in the Rear View Mirror
The Academy Awards are coming up for the best pretenders among us. What isn’t generally known is that there is another awards ceremony coming. This one includes not only the promotional end but demotions as well
The Charioteer and the Reins of the Mind
The divine doesn’t care if we are a Christian or a Moslem or a Hindu. The divine doesn’t care if we chant or pray… kneel or stand. It’s the intention and intensity of the heart and its direction that counts far, far more than whatever rituals we engage in
Olympic Stool in a Cone with Sprinkles
Reflections in a Petri Dish ponders the Winter Olympics and more
Up Around the Bending End
He’s back!! A few words from Les Visible before he disappears again into the wilderness offline
Meeting at the Marrow
It is a very rare person who is consumed in the search for meaning and who makes that the purpose of their life. These people are going to experience real difficulty because their search is going to put them at odds with the world in which they live
Under the Wire and into the Freedom Land
It’s been in the works for a long time. It arrived wrapped in national symbols and a patriotic fever that killed the objective reasoning capacity in the human mind. There was barbed wire in the fever and it closed off areas of human thought and emotion