Temptation
Some would say that faith is like a padded suit you put on because you’re too scared to face the obvious reality that your life is a swift, knee-scuffing blood-curdling tumble down a steep and...
View ArticleStates of Stress and Their Undoings
When I stepped out of the building in which I work this evening, my head seemed to have been pressed into a perfect, steaming cube– a polished alloy ingot of ordered rectilinear thoughts. You could...
View ArticleIdea Power
I don’t believe there is any greater power than that of an idea, deeply held, and slowly it is becoming clear to me that all we behold is the product of these generative seeds. In the three books of A...
View ArticlePoint of No Return
There are so many amazing things a person could choose to learn about in this world, enough to fill whole lifetimes– like the way photons make decisions when faced with the conundrum of a diffraction...
View ArticleEvidence
Sometimes me and the boys like to go on jaunts. Get outta’ the office. Fact-finding missions what we call ‘em. Get a handful of shirt, press crumpled cotton fists towards unsuspecting chins and make...
View ArticleTranscending Choice
One of the core concepts of A Course of Love is contained in the statement, “There is no loss, only gain.” While there are a number of contexts in which this sentiment offers an opportunity for a...
View ArticleA Discussion on Karma
During the month of April, Hariod and I had a back-and-forth discussion on the idea of karma– what it is and isn’t and how its effects may play out in our lives. It turned into a somewhat lengthy...
View ArticleThe Power of Choice
Sometimes I really enjoy discussing quantum physics, cosmology, or the nature of human consciousness, but these are largely pursuits of pleasure for my intellect, the way a great novel can be a pursuit...
View ArticleChoice and Consequence Part 5: Free Will, Learning and Determinism
Part 4 of the series is here. I listened to a YouTube video this week in which physicist Sean Carroll gave a talk entitled “God Is Not a Good Theory.” In his presentation, Dr. Carroll used Bayesian...
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