2020 – The Year Ahead
In optometry, the number 2020 represents perfect vision. When you have 2020 vision, you see things clearly. It is the same for the year 2020. The year 2020 is the year of perfect vision, and final choice. From the lowest and most insignificant to the richest and most...
The toxic Catholic Church – how a priests firing exposes a toxic culture of silence and suppression
An article about a toxic Church culture, and what happened to a priest who chose to stand up to it
Thomas Szasz and the Myth of Mental Illness
A review of the sociological classic, “The Myth of Mental Illness.”
How environment creates the “alpha” male
Is being an “alpha” male really something to aspire to? Or is it really about emotional distress and mental illness? Take a page from Davi Mech’s wolf research and find out for yourself.
A Storm, a Shaman, and a Jaguar in a Mystical Dream Event
Read on Medium I have been studying mystical experiences, what I call Connection Experience, for just about twenty years now. I became interested in them when, out of the blue one day, I had one. While studying them I have “discovered” a couple of interesting things....
The Ubiquity of Mystical Experience
“If one purges the Judaism of the Prophets and Christianity as Jesus Christ taught it of all subsequent additions, especially those of the priests, one is left with a teaching which is capable of curing all the social ills of humanity.” ~ Albert Einstein In a previous...
The Pedagogy of the Upanishads
A look at the pedagogy of the Upanishads and a consideration of its relevance today.
Greta Thunberg, the most dangerous girl on the planet
Greta Thunberg stands strong and calls for the elimination of consumer capitalism, a form of economic system that is rapidly destroying the planet. She is the vanguard of an empowered youth who will help transform this world.
Three Interesting Things Einstein Said About God and Religion
Einstein was a brilliant physicist and scientist; but, did you know, he also had some interesting things to say about God and religion.
Physiology and Neurology of the Five Sheaths (Koshas)
Physiology and Neurology of the Five Sheaths (Koshas) In Vedic spirituality, in the Taittiriyo Upanishad, written about 6th century BC, there is the notion that your physical being consists of five koshas. The Sanskrit word Kosha is sometimes translated as...