journeys through the mist

Often I think about what our founding fathers would have to say about what has been going on in this country and the world, especially in the last few decades. The following might give us a clue as to what Jefferson would have said about our current financial crisis and the impending lapdance bailout for [...]

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Changes

September 2, 2008 15 Comments

There can be no political revolution, no social revolution, no economic revolution. The only revolution is that of the spirit; it is individual. And if millions of individuals change, then the society will change as a consequence, not vice versa. You cannot change the society first and hope that individuals will change later on. – [...]

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For Sidney

May 6, 2008 7 Comments

For Sidney

I think someone had my furry little friend Sidney’s recent brush with the Animal Cops in mind when they captioned this on i can has cheezburger. If the kitty would have been black and white, it would have been perfect. Sidney is adjusting, but I know it isn’t easy on him. I’m working on a [...]

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The other day, an animal control officer came to my door and told me that a neighbor had complained that my cat, Sidney, was “doing his duty” in the neighbor’s yard. I was somewhat surprised since the first thing he always does when he comes in is head to his litter box. The animal control [...]

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When I realized that my life path was to include the study of Shamanism, there were a number of things that had been hanging open in my life that fell into place and connected. Everything started to make sense. Looking back on it I realized that everything I had been doing to expand my consciousness, [...]

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Well I couldn’t resist, I changed themes again. This one though I’ve put quite a bit of time into customizing. I started with a theme created by Sadish Balasubramanian called Seashore, which as you can see from the image at left, was basically cool grays (click to enlarge). I’ve always been drawn to the color [...]

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I get the Schwartz Report emailed to me daily and always find it interesting and enlightening, but the one that arrived tonight covers only one news story: The first ever World Poll by Gallup. Gallup has committed to conducting the World Poll for 100 years and I think you will find quite a bit of [...]

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You might want to go to the bathroom and perhaps get a snack and/or a beverage as this post is quite a bit longer than normal for me. Some fifteen years ago, or so, I had a very vivid dream in which I was shown a tapestry and told that this visually represented the complete [...]

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