Those We Cannot Help 10/14/2016 Everyone at every moment has access to God, to infinite peace, to absolute freedom. But not everyone accesses it or knows it is there. Those who do know it is there naturally want others to know that it is there for them too. “The good which everyone who follows after virtue seeks for himself he will also desire for other men; and his desire on their behalf will be greater in proportion as he has a greater knowledge of God” (Spinoza). But there remains the inevitability that some people won’t
Everyone at every moment has access to God, to infinite peace, to absolute freedom. But not everyone accesses it or knows it is there. Those who do know it is there naturally want others to know that it is there for them too. “The good which everyone who follows after virtue seeks for himself he will also desire for other men; and his desire on their behalf will be greater in proportion as he has a greater knowledge of God” (Spinoza). But there remains the inevitability that some people won’t
Our Fundamental Access to Truth 10/02/2016 How do we gain wisdom? Or even knowledge to begin with? Asking this question over the centuries generally resulted in a similar set of answers: “Go to your Guru.”, “The Ancients believed…”, “God has said…”, “Our Ancestors…”, “The Elders…”, “The Master…”. These all seem to direct one to an outward source of wisdom. The understanding that God is within—though quite obvious from the simple statement that God is omnipresent—is already an advanced level of knowledge for any seeker. So, except for a
How do we gain wisdom? Or even knowledge to begin with? Asking this question over the centuries generally resulted in a similar set of answers: “Go to your Guru.”, “The Ancients believed…”, “God has said…”, “Our Ancestors…”, “The Elders…”, “The Master…”. These all seem to direct one to an outward source of wisdom. The understanding that God is within—though quite obvious from the simple statement that God is omnipresent—is already an advanced level of knowledge for any seeker. So, except for a
You, My Audience 08/26/2016 In the last post, The Aggregate Self and the Cap Peddler, we looked at the plural and insubstantial nature of our conceived personal consciousness. Now we will take that internal theme and turn it outwards. The yoga sutras say, “a yogi’s ego sense alone is the cause of [other] artificially created minds”. That is to say that, in so far as I believe in myself—my own “I” center or ego—I will believe that one is present in others as well (see the previous post and 'The Public Eye'). But when one
In the last post, The Aggregate Self and the Cap Peddler, we looked at the plural and insubstantial nature of our conceived personal consciousness. Now we will take that internal theme and turn it outwards. The yoga sutras say, “a yogi’s ego sense alone is the cause of [other] artificially created minds”. That is to say that, in so far as I believe in myself—my own “I” center or ego—I will believe that one is present in others as well (see the previous post and 'The Public Eye'). But when one
'Like' If You Would Help Jesus Up 08/17/2016 Perhaps you have seen this meme or others like it. Now we can endlessly argue about the value or effects of online activism and the awareness and attention garnered there. I think the prevailing sentiment is that it is ineffective, and that even if the awareness is good, that people quickly drift to new problems or distractions. There is certainly evidence for this. But let me offer another, more positive, outlook. I recently saw a meme that said something like “the internet is our new brain;
Perhaps you have seen this meme or others like it. Now we can endlessly argue about the value or effects of online activism and the awareness and attention garnered there. I think the prevailing sentiment is that it is ineffective, and that even if the awareness is good, that people quickly drift to new problems or distractions. There is certainly evidence for this. But let me offer another, more positive, outlook. I recently saw a meme that said something like “the internet is our new brain;
