Walking as a Peaceful Warrior in the World
Has the world gone mad? The level of violence, vitriol and hate has gone beyond a tipping point and beyond a boiling point and has reached the level of pure madness. The terrorist attack in Paris was bad enough. But the number of mass shootings in the U.S. is showing that the matrix of American society is fraying and falling apart. We don't … [Read more...]
Gun Sales Rise – as Does Fear. Where Will It All End?
In 1965, folksinger Tom Paxton wrote a song "Buy a Gun for Your Son" (see the above video) in which he sang the chorus, "Buy a gun for your son right away, Sir Shake his hand like a man and let him play, Sir. Let his little mind expand, Place a weapon in his hand, For the skills he learns today will someday pay, Sir." It looks like more guns are being bought for more sons, as gunmaker Smith & Wesson announced a tripling of profits in … [Read more...]
Imagine: John Lennon
35 years ago, and many tears ago, on Dec. 8 1980, John Lennon died. Imagine was his song, but it is also a song for all of us. It is a song of peace, of love, of a world without war, of a world where people live as one, in tolerance of one another and sharing the common dream of a brotherhood … [Read more...]
Understanding the Quantum Revolution
In spite of the violence and hate we see around us, in many ways the world is changing in more positive and enlightened ways. Not too long ago, I gave a talk called “The Revolution Will Be Televised,” in which I talked about the coming Quantum Revolution, which is the revolution that will help usher in these positive changes. In the … [Read more...]
More About the Link Between Aspartame and ISIS
The other day I posted an article on The Link Between Aspartame and ISIS. The link was Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense from 2000 - 2006, and the architect of the Iraq War. As I pointed out in the article, … [Read more...]
Jacques Cousteau said “In the deep space of the sea I have found my moon”…
Is this the American Dream, to fill the coffers of our armament industry instead of the stomachs of our children?
Thomas Paine was, according to the Huffington Post - the one truly radical Founding Father, fighting for the soul of America. He fought to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. He also believed that despots seek out wars as a way of controlling their own people. Fast forward to 2015 and we have 2 million American children homeless and 15 million hungry. Is this the American Dream, to fill the coffers of … [Read more...]
New research suggests that meditation can improve your health.
The Globe and Mail reported on recent research that suggests that meditation can improve your health. Published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, the study found that students who practiced meditation increased their levels of immunoglobulin A (which is a substance that identifies invaders such as viruses and bacteria so that they can be destroyed by your immune system) and that the levels kept increasing over the course … [Read more...]
“First Do No Harm”
Joseph Bobrow writing for The Huffington Post discusses the USA’s troubled foreign policy and suggests a strategy which exemplifies what both Western medicine and Buddhism hold critical: "First Do No Harm". Where there is disorder - Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Libya - collaborate with regional forces to contain it. Where there is imposed order – Egypt and Algeria - work quietly with the government to try to make that order more decent. Where there … [Read more...]
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