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More than Self Existence

More than Self Existence

Photo by Robin Stuart on Unsplash   Knowing more than Human Self is an enormous part of this journey. It takes time, I am not going to lie, many in the ‘old ways’ of journeying to know self, aren’t at a space to consider that through their separation they have...

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Naturalism, Spinoza, and the RNA

Naturalism, Spinoza, and the RNA

Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was born in Amsterdam and lived in the Dutch Republic, where he worked as a lens grinder.  In 1655-56, He was expelled from the Jewish religious community, but his love of philosophy brought him a small but dedicated circle of supporters. In...

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Bathtub Whirlpools & Hydroelectric Dams

Bathtub Whirlpools & Hydroelectric Dams

The Third Law of Thermodynamics says that energy seeks to move from areas of high heat to low heat until a calm equilibrium of everything is attained.  Water at a high level will flow to a lower level whenever it can.  The force of gravity causes the water to move...

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Where Do We Belong?

Where Do We Belong?

Riffing off the post about Belonging, it’s funny it stays within me. The words we write become the conversations within, maybe even the dreams as we sleep. But with belonging, it also becomes every awake moment. We are - when we seek to belong - dreaming with our eyes...

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Lead With Love

Lead With Love

Maybe - the truth about ... "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.".. Einstein... and the deep philosophical knowing of ... 'we can't think our way out of this'... is actually revealing to us that our minds need to step back...

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God, Or “God,” Or The Things On My List?

God, Or “God,” Or The Things On My List?

I don’t believe in God, because that word is too attached to religious myths, especially within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. (The religions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism are far less attached to their myths, which are more like illustrative stories.) Lots of...

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