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January 17, 2024
EssayEVERY MAN HAS INSIDE HIMSELF A PARASITIC BEING WHO IS ACTING NOT AT ALL TO HIS ADVANTAGE. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS DIAN FOSSEY--1932-1985---"Gorillas in the Mist" "Fossey's War" THE MO…
January 16, 2024
EssayMartin Luther King Jr. — Nobel Peace Prize winner Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. The u…
January 15, 2024
EssayRecognize that unlearning is the highest form of learning. Rumi > Too much attention to externals blocks the way to immediate inner experience. Carl Jung ALBERT SCHWEITZER 1875–196…
January 13, 2024
EssayMAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI—1918–2008. "Science of loving & Art of Living" The highest state is laughter. Just think of any negativity that comes to you as a raindrop falling into the oc…
January 12, 2024
Essay> Everything is driven from perception. Charles S. Pierce WILLIAM JAMES 1842-1910 Father of American Psychology. There can be no difference that doesn't make a difference. The grea…
January 11, 2024
Essay> Fear kills more people than death. — George S. Patton > A diet counselor once told me that all overweight people are angry with their mothers and channel their frustrations into…
January 10, 2024
Essay> I really believe that brotherhood is what makes a man/woman human. > > Saul Bellow > The initiation into wisdom — if it is to be lasting — is not suddenly given by any master; it…
January 9, 2024
EssayCORDELL JACKSON: ELDER STATESWOMAN OF ROCK 'N' ROLL > "She was comfortable in her own skin." > > "I've found that the faster I play, the more accurate I become." > > "I've never be…
January 8, 2024
EssayDon't hurry anything. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is. I have realized that the past an…
January 7, 2024
Essay> Anything that is born must die. Buddha ROBERT ANTON WILSON: "THE ILLUMINATUS! TRILOGY"; "THE EYE OF THE PYRAMID"; "THE GOLDEN APPLE"; "LEVIATHAN"; "Cosmic Trigger" > "THE ILLUMIN…
January 6, 2024
Essay> Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. — Robert Frost > Epstein's relationship with rich, powerful people is not surprising. Rich people…
January 5, 2024
Essay"Show me a political movement and I'll show you those who find a way to profit off it." — Freddie deBoer > "The ego is a programmed sense of identity. The ego is an idea about ours…
January 4, 2024
Essay> Civilization is a vicious confidence game played on a field of provincial ignorance. E. L. Doctorow Breathing spiritual life into each day. Swami Ramananda AND SUDDENLY YOU KNOW:…
January 2, 2024
EssayWhen I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao Tzu KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO TRY TO BELITTLE YOUR AMBITIONS. SMALL PEOPLE ALWAYS DO THAT, BUT THE REALLY GREAT, MAAKE YOU…
January 1, 2024
EssayCreativity springs from the yearning to be the fullness of who you are. Ram Dass The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ig…
December 31, 2023
EssayNATIONAL BACON DAY > When you are loved you can do anything in creation. Paul Coello Good people are those who love animals. Animals are special creatures, and anyone who has had t…
December 30, 2023
Essay> The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature with an open mind. — Paracelsus THE GAELIC BLESSING > May you have —…
December 29, 2023
Essay> He who is compassionate toward the wicked will in the end be cruel to the righteous. The Talmud > The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now t…
December 28, 2023
EssayToday is National Fruitcake Day! > It was only a sunny smile, > and little it cost > in the giving, > but like morning light > it scattered the night > and made the day > worth liv…
December 27, 2023
EssayWE CAN REJECT EVERYTHING ELSE: religion, ideology, all received wisdom. But we cannot escape the necessity of love and compassion. This, then, is my true religion, my simple faith.…
December 26, 2023
EssayMay you be at peace. May your heart remain open. May you awaken to the light of your own true nature. May you be healed. May you be a source of healing for all beings. Tibetan Budd…
December 25, 2023
EssayI. F. Stone 1907–1989 — "The Trial of Socrates", "Underground to Palestine". > When war comes, reason is regarded as treason. > > Rich people march on Washington every day. > > All…
December 24, 2023
EssayMental work does not exhaust; it gives nourishment, is food for our spirit. Maria Montesori The prophets sought to convey that, morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern o…
December 23, 2023
Essay> The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wonders. Spinoza > When I talk about forgiveness, I mean letting go, not excusing the…