Groups use symbols. But symbols have no inherent power. None. They have power only when people believe in them. In which case it’s the belief that is the power. Just as important, symbols have no inherent meaning. They only have the meaning given to them. So, for example, the famous eye and pyramid ... … Read entire article »

Who are you? You might say, I am Mary or I am John or whatever your name happens to be. Yet when you were first born you didn’t have a name much less any of the other ‘stuff’ that gets attached to it. Your parents or guardians selected a name ... … Read entire article »

“One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!” — ... … Read entire article »

Some of you may have seen this before, but I came across it for the first time today. It’s in a number of places on the net. It could be a large part of the mission statement for the Avalon Forum. Enjoy — and be inspired. On the surface of our ... … Read entire article »

File this one in the ever-burgeoning category of: how insane can legislators get? Congress is now debating an update to the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Turns out it’s already a misdemeanor to “exceed authorized use” of a computer, but the DOJ wants to make it a felony. Of course, ... … Read entire article »

This is the second in a series of blog posts on my Taoist spiritual and professional interpretation of the Ego. In my last blog post I proposed that you could view your mind as if it were an energetic pendulum, where the two extremes would represent your Ego out of ... … Read entire article »

“Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live. Where was the judge he had never seen? Where was the High Court he had never reached? He raised his hands and spread out all his fingers. But the hands of one of the ... … Read entire article »

“How people treat you is their Karma; how you react is yours.” — Wayne Dyer. Here is one of the Universal Laws which is totally misunderstood. When most people think of karma they think of payback, revenge and retribution. We even have slogans that tells us: “Karma is a bitch.” The ... … Read entire article »

Geography and 33 Baghdad, Iraq is at 33°33′N latitude. “The longest continually inhabited city in the world” is Damascus, Syria, at 33°30′N latitude. The place where 33°30′N, meets 33°30′E, is near the Southern end of the island of Cyprus, in the Mediterranean Sea, believed to host vast, unexplored archeological resources from nearby ancient ... … Read entire article »

Cities don’t die because of happenstance. The city of Detroit has been murdered by the same forces that are slowly killing cities all across the United States. Detroit Becomes the Largest US City to Declare Bankruptcy On July 18, 2013, Detroit declared Chapter 9 bankruptcy to squelch most of their $18 billion ... … Read entire article »

The awakening process has its deeply cathartic moments. That is inevitable. It’s a bumpy road. As we gain insight into the grand deceptions of the matrix, so the direction of our own lives is thrown into greater relief. The choices become more stark. There’s no longer any compromising middle ground ... … Read entire article »

Cartoon from Harper's Weekly on May 28, 1887 turned Lady Liberty into a subway station. (Click to enlarge) We live in a time where the prospects for liberty do not look good. The advances of The State (over the last decade especially) have been extraordinary. In the blink of an eye, our every ... … Read entire article »

How do you like your world? Well, I hope you really, really like it because you built it! I don’t know if you have a job or you work full time or part time or not at all, but your real full time or actually 24/7 job is maintaining the structure ... … Read entire article »