Here are yet more random thoughts of mine… Once the wedding vows are spoken, the rings placed on the fingers and the reception is over, how many couples start acting like their parents? This might be a good reason to get married later in life when the couple has more life experience behind them… The truth hurts but a lie …
‘A believer is a bird in a cage. A freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with timeless wings.’ – Robert Ingersoll I really wonder why critical thinking hasn’t caught on with people. Maybe it will, probably it won’t, but coming to my own conclusions is more appealing to me than settling for conventional thinking. Critical thinking is exercise for …
All that was great in the past was ridiculed, combated, suppressed – only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle. – Nikola Tesla It is my hope that curiosity, thinking and silence never fall by the wayside or disappear. All three serve a vital service in maintaining balance in person’s life. Curiosity Curiosity motivates …
Most people want to do more to change the world! Unfortunately, most have no idea of what they can do, or have much time to do anything. So, here are 20 fast, easy and non-violent ways to stand up for your beliefs, and they only involve you as much as you want to be involved. They require very little time, …
Cleaning Your Dryer Lint System Is A Must Whether electric or gas, dryers can be a serious fire hazard if not properly maintained. They create the perfect combination of elements that are needed to ignite a blaze: lint, heat, and hot dry wind. So, keeping your dryer in good working order is essential to both lowering electricity bills, and keeping …
I never want to be as sure of anything as the people who built this place.” – Anonymous Agnostic There are things that we must learn, an unlearn as we grow spiritually. One thing we need to do as a species is to find out what reality is and start telling people about it. Sounds like a tall order, but …
‘Everyone wants to get to Heaven but no one wants to die.’ – attributed to B.B. King Connect With God I used to think that religious faiths were there to help guide a person to connect with God. I’m now convinced that at times it is the furthest thing from the truth. When dealing with incoming information about spirituality one …
The Politically Correct I’m beginning to think that the politically correct (the people fun forgot) have the best comedy writers writing their material. The only problem being that the politically correct take everything so seriously, to the point they don’t see humor anywhere. All they seem to think is that the rest of us need to be babysat and are …
It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed. – Marcus Aurelius We tend to disempower ourselves. We tend to believe that we don’t matter. And in the act of taking those ideas to ourselves away to somebody else, to something else. – Terence McKenna Book Review: 1984 by George Orwell Part 1 Book Review: …
This is a book that has gone from a work of fiction to one of prophecy. I first read 1984 in the seventies, since then it has become the most influential novel on how I look at the world and what is to come. With the technology at hand these days and coming down the road just how easy would …
Part 19 of my random thoughts… Relationships of any kind should be opportunities for growth not a prison sentence of some kind… When someone doesn’t want to be around when I’m going through tough times I don’t want them around during my good times. It’s been rumored that aliens have been among us for centuries. If this is true have …
A recent article about the Me Too Movement got me taking a further look at this group. I really hope this movement stays focused on what needs to be done. No one should feel obligated or forced to stay in an abusive relationship of any kind. Any abuser should pay the full price for what they did. But, if the …
Eustace Conway: The Real Thing Part 1 Eustace Conway: The Real Thing Part 2 Live Like Eustace In studying cultures, we learn more about ourselves and our relationships to all things in this world. – Eustace Conway. Eustace laments the lack of real education that school aged children are getting. I believe when people get programmed on what to think …
Bird Box Starring Sandra Bullock Recently, after a great deal of positive hype, I watched a movie called “Bird Box”, starring Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, and John Malkovich. The movie was based on the book by author Josh Malerman, who’s also a singer in the rock band “The High Strung”. This 2018 American post-apocalyptic thriller film was directed by Susanne …
Eustace Conway: The Real Thing Part 1 There is only truth to be found, no shame, no illusion, no hypocrisy. Just a truth for peace, where all beings are governed by a set of perfect laws that have never changed and never will. – Eustace Conway I wouldn’t call Eustace a professional environmentalist as he doesn’t seem concerned with official …