Alan Watts points to the difference between having an effable mystical experience of one’s unity with the divine — and attempting to convey that experience in language. Which is impossible.
Month: November 2023
ONE DAY in three languages
Music heals the wounded soul of humanity. Please post far and wide.
“But what is REAL LEARNING?” My desperate question, in graduate school.
Back when I was in graduate school, after about a year of the usual indoctrination I began to ask, in earnest; in fact, desperate: “But what is REAL LEARNING?” Various “ideas̶
On the folly of “TAKING SIDES”: Kucinich, Eisenstein, Bernard Guenther
I remember when brave, foolish idealist Dennis Kucinich proposed a Department of Peace. That was way back in 2002. Twenty one years later, here we are, the phenomenon of war having grown so horrifi
NEW MOON IN SCORPIO: Are we about to experience a sudden, unexpected about-face?
The Mideast continues to heat up as the Sun in Scorpio, now nearing 14° Scorpio, and moving one degree each day, approaches Mars, now at 17° Scorpio, and moving one degree every two days. In the
Reflections on Narcissism, Psychiatry, and R.D. Laing
Note: Yesterday, I posted what I see as a thoughtful, even, hopefully, a somewhat penetrating perspective on what is going on WITHIN us, re: our perception of the ongoing horrors of Israel/Palestin
SUFFERING IS AN INSIDE JOB
And guess what? Do you suffer from the “I’ll be happy when . . .” syndrome? So interesting. I’ve been recognizing and spelling out the ramifications of this phrase more and
Either/Or? Or Both/And? Polarity Thinking in and about the Mideast
If we plan to outlive the current madness, we will need to shift dimensions, from 3rd to 5th. Polarity thinking is a feature of the 3rd dimension. We identify with one side or the other in any argu
WHAT IS THE TRUTH? Contrasting Perspectives: Mike Adams, Paul Cudenec
Or, maybe I should say, the second perspective, while incorporating the first perspective within it, operates within a larger dimension. So in that sense, they only appear to contrast. Both, to me,
Will Saturn’s turn to go direct open the heart of humanity?
I continue to feel disheartened by how humanity is being successfully programmed, with left-brain “reasons,” as usual, to “come down on one side or the other” regarding Pale