‘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 …
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 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 one needs to use discernment to …
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 10 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 #MeToo Movement on this website 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, …
