Principle, purpose, design and control - the four "phases"of truth - are the building blocks of the physical world. Everything in nature, our bodies, minds and hearts included, was crafted in accordance with these fundamental elements. Nature, be it at the hand of Providence or natural selection, is the tangible, physical expression of truth. The …
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The Long Run
I attended a lecture many years ago in La Jolla, California given by Peter H. Duesberg, Ph.D., a professor of molecular and cell biology from the University of California, Berkeley. The topic was Duesberg's controversial view on AIDS, which is based on an alternate hypothesis to the dominant one that the medical establishment has pinned …
Branches and Roots
Every once in a while you hear of unusually creative friendships. Such friendships have the dual effect on my consciousness of restoring my faith in humanity and sparking my imagination relative to our collective future. I stumbled across a lovely passage which describes one such friendship between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau in …
The Impulsion of Goodness
You have likely heard it said that man is fundamentally flawed or evil, born stained by original sin and in need of redemption as it is often put in the Abrahamic religions, or under the necessity of learning lessons to achieve enlightenment in the Eastern religions. But I say unto you that man is at …
Veneer of Personality
People generally reveal themselves over time. That said, the time it takes to get to know someone can be greatly shortened given the right mix of circumstances. Emergency situations, times of high pressure and even particularly intense games or sports can demand enough conscious energy and focus to let you see what is under the …
The Gold Terrace
Hard is the Way of the World II by Li Bai The way is broad like the blue sky, But no way out before my eye. I am ashamed to follow those who have no guts, Gambling on fighting cocks and dogs for pears and nuts. Feng would go homeward way, having no fish to eat; …
A Flaming Heart
"Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart." - Ralph Waldo Emerson If you take a moment to review the greatest victories in your life, you'll likely notice that they were in large part the product of a focused mind, but more importantly, a flaming heart. The world turns on passion. That said, …
The Wheel of Change
"Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy." - …
A New Standard
"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."- Ralph Waldo Emerson The moment you become mesmerized by your circumstances is the moment you become powerless in relation to them. Every person on earth is possessed of a vast internal resource, an inexhaustible source …
Mind over Matter
"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." - Mark Twain Can you imagine a world free of relatives? I certainly can. A carefree world in which people do not judge or criticize themselves based on relativistic notions that have little to nothing to do with their true, …
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