Human beings tend to define themselves. They sum themselves up. They present themselves with a picture of what they are. They may not do this with precision, but they do it. And the common factor is all about limitation because, after all, definitions involve drawing boundaries. Definitions describe what is inside ... … Read entire article »

I admit it: I’ve always been a driven, goal-oriented person. That’s what modern society molds all of us to be, and in general, I have always been good at fitting that mold. For most of my life, my goals have always been clear and I found it quite natural and ... … Read entire article »

“The more real you get the more unreal the world gets.” — John Lennon. We’ve often heard people say that this world is just an illusion, a dream of sorts that we are all dreaming up together. John Lennon said it best when he said, “A dream you dream alone is ... … Read entire article »

I remember seeing a cartoon, years ago, where there were layers of people on their hands and knees and some fat men standing on the backs of the top layer. You can imagine the message of the illustrator being something like, “Look up, people!” The accompanying article asked why we ... … Read entire article »

“Crazy wisdom is the philosophical worldview that recommends swimming against the tide, cheerfully seizing the short end of the stick, embracing insecurity, honoring paradox, courting the unexpected, celebrating the unfamiliar, shunning orthodoxy, volunteering for tasks nobody else wants or dares to do, and breaking taboos in order to destroy their ... … Read entire article »

The deeper we wander into this unknown country of the future, the more it resembles a battlefield. This is part of the design, and a major indication that the architects endgame looms close now. It hasn’t gotten to this point overnight. The design is a generational plan — of death by ... … Read entire article »

No Doubt poses with actor Hugh Jackman, Global Citizen Project cofounder Hugh Evans, Ban Ki-Moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, and Jim Young Kim, president of the World Bank. American popular music is a manufactured product of generally very poor artistic quality, but serves the purpose of producing idols who ... … Read entire article »

Once upon a time, human beings lived in cultures where images were alive. What we now call superstitions were, to them, gods and demons and intermediary entities that transmitted or stole the juice and the energy and the power of life. It’s nearly impossible to project ourselves into such an environment ... … Read entire article »

The formula for saving any dictatorship is universal: create an enemy, start a war. We are back in Soviet times of total lies… Russia and Ukraine have already fallen into this black hole. And it is now sucking in Europe in front of our eyes. This hole in the universe ... … Read entire article »

That fear of Acheron be sent packing which troubles the life of man from its deepest depths, suffuses all with the blackness of death, and leaves no delight clean and pure. — Lucretius. It may be inevitable that, when a civilization dies, its inhabitants undergo a major transformation in character. No ... … Read entire article »