There are moments that make being human worthwhile…
…like tonight, sharing a bottle of 18-year-old Scotch with four good friends. When I’m gone, I’d like to think that this will be one of their memories of me.
Read MoreCategory: Meaning
I think what we lack today is immediacy….
…in our lives, our day-by-day and hour-by-hour lives. In our aboriginal existence, we were like our fellow animals, always on the watch…against hunger, predators, toxic insects or plants, unfriendly tribes. Who had...
Read MoreGone and yes, forgotten…
I read of the recent discovery of a Bronze Age battlefield in northeastern Germany, in a narrow valley of the Tollense River. Meeting at the site of an ancient bridge, hundreds or even thousands of men fought and killed one...
Read MoreA lonely place…
Two nights ago I had a dark and lonely dream. Vague now, but it centered on my father’s garden, an anchor of my childhood home. At the beginning of the dream, my family and I worked that garden…turning the soil,...
Read MoreOur Philip, who art in Britain…
My last post reminded me of something I stumbled on last year. A group of villagers on the island of Tanna in the South Pacific believe Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is a divine being. This Prince Philip Movement is only...
Read MoreMeaning and belief
People seek meaning through belief, a major reason why they cling so tenaciously to belief, even in the face of evidence to the contrary.
Read MoreReview of “Straw Dogs: Thoughts on humans and other animals,” by John Gray
“Other animals do not need a purpose in life. A contradiction to itself, the human animal cannot do without one. Can we not think of the aim of life as being simply to see?” (–John Gray, in “Straw Dogs:...
Read MoreMaybe he was just bored…
Authorities are having trouble with motive behind the Las Vegas shooter. None of the usual apply. Here’s a comfortable white guy, no criminal history or history of violence, relatively wealthy, stable, has a...
Read MoreI’m reading “Straw Dogs,” by John Gray…
…and he is describing the fiction of the self, the fictive self. He posits that life is really only a series of discreet but connected perceptions tied together by the capacity for reflection we call consciousness. The...
Read MoreOn significance (or lack thereof)…
Remember Genesis 1:28? “…God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living...
Read MoreReview of “the soul of the marionette: a short inquiry into human freedom,” by John gray
Uber-marionettes do not have to wait until they can fly before they can be free. Not looking to ascend into the heavens, they can find freedom in falling to earth. — John Gray, in “The Soul of the Marionette: A Short...
Read MoreMore on Powys and belief…
I’ve been wanting to comment further on the T.F. Powys quote, “Belief is too easy a road to God.” If we replace the word “God” with “meaning,” Powys’ intent becomes clear. Much of...
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st, March 2016