The path we walk is a narrow one. The roads around it are wide and colourfully distracting. You will find most of the people out there on those roads and very few that can manage the narrows. Scylla and Charybdis, the devil and the deep blue sea will be on each ... … Read entire article »

The ongoing events in Ferguson, MO, illustrate Thomas Pynchon’s point that “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.” Like the Rodney King, and Trayvon Martin cases, the killing of Michael Brown by a white Ferguson policeman provided the state and its ... … Read entire article »

“Abundance is not something we acquire, it’s something we tune in to.” — Wayne Dyer. We live in an abundant universe! There is literally an infinite amount of energy. In all actuality there is no such thing as scarcity or lack because there is literally no place that exists that isn’t ... … Read entire article »

“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” — Cornelius Tacitus (55-117 A.D.) Everything on our planet is regulated — as in ruled by law. Whether they be outright laws, local ordinances or any type of restrictions, in not just physical activity but also social rules over interactions. Under ... … Read entire article »

“Dominoes of the collective begin to fall. The whole stinking structure collapses, a wing here and a wing there, and the robots open their eyes and turn off their cameras.” Several years ago, after reading an article of mine, a producer approached me about writing a movie script. He wasn’t sure ... … Read entire article »

“A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The universe is both a complicated and a simple thing. As individuals we are interdependent manifestation of the universe, and so we too are both complicated and simple beings. We are complicated in the ... … Read entire article »

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.” – Nikola Tesla Amidst all the doom and gloom of Armageddon, post-apocalyptic scenarios, and talk of the “end times,” there is emerging a glass-is-half-full, positive and ... … Read entire article »

“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness — and our ability to tell our own ... … Read entire article »

“Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.” — Khalil Gibran. Peaceful warriors are honorable, courageous and compassionate human beings who make a difference by having lived and lived well. Peaceful warriors are time-tested ... … Read entire article »

The desire to fit in and conform to society’s standards is a uniquely human trait that begins quite early in childhood, says a new study published in the journal Psychological Science. In the study, researchers found that children as young as 2 years old conformed to their peers rather than stick ... … Read entire article »

Rulers seek to rule. Well, that seems a bit obvious, doesn’t it? And yet, time after time, we elect new leaders, imagining that, “This new group will be better—they’ll represent us as they promised.” Unfortunately, the democratic system doesn’t really work very well at all. The idea is supposed to be ... … Read entire article »

There are plenty of reasons to boycott factory farms, including the top two: your health and animal welfare. And even if the following shocking facts don’t motivate you to support your local farmers, then consider the big-picture: the only way to feed the world and restore climate stability is to ... … Read entire article »