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The Primacy Of Thought: Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:50 -0500 - The thoughts that we think and the deeds that we do are connected in ways that we do not fully comprehend. I often found myself wondering if the act of thinking a thought was actually a deed and if an action in pursuance of an object carried the idea of the object within it, in which case an act was also a thought partially. Can we really act independent of reason?
Sanity And Madness: Mon, 13 May 2013 10:39:59 -0500 - Madness has always been at loggerheads with sanity for a simple reason that sanity was always awarded the highest perch while sanity was condemned to the lowest grounds like it was a dirty secret fit only for the dungeons. Cage it, lock it and forget it, has always been the three-tier policy with respect to madness. I wouldn't say that people did not critically analyze the mad and the madness, but in the popular perception how could those who dealt with the mad and their madness be any better anyway.
Knowledge, Truth And Delusion: Fri, 10 May 2013 15:47:16 -0500 - Much of what surfaces as the face of the world is nothing more than a general agreement founded upon the preponderance of convenience. This might be just a little bit complex to understand, I agree. To say that the truth is sacrificed at the altar of convenience is also incorrect because it is rarely that the whole truth is knowable.
Art, Business and Legacy of Beauty: Mon, 06 May 2013 14:20:56 -0500 - There are many people in America who believe that they do not have time for art. My response to them is that, if America has the time for - right-wing radio talk shows, tele-evangelists, political correctness, personality psychology and global warming deniers - then it most certainly has the time for art, which consumes much less resources than any such things and affectuates far greater utility.
Experience Is A Product Of Reason: Mon, 06 May 2013 10:51:04 -0500 - The contours of one's understanding are determined and limited only by the boundaries of reason and experience. But I believe that is already too well known to be commented or elaborated upon. However, I often myself wondering as to whether experience is fashioned by reason or reason is honed and sharpened by experience, and I have so far not been able to find a satisfactory solution to the problem.
In Reality There May Be Nothing Greedier Than Demanding the Individual Give of Self for the Whole: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:00:43 -0500 - Many believe that you should give up your individual needs for the group, that you should commit your life to something bigger than yourself. However, if everyone commits their life to a greater good, or a larger cause, then everyone will forgo their own individual life experience. In that case why live? Indeed, many people don't understand what true freedom and liberty you really are. In fact, if you believe you are free, you are, and if you don't believe you are free, then you aren't. This is where the philosophical conundrum of perceptions gets tricky for some folks.
The Most Absconded Theory: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:18:09 -0500 - In this article I will write not as a philosopher, but as a layperson, yet someone who has gained incredible perspective on numerous inspiring subjects. And I will not focus on philosophy as a discipline. I will not dote on ethics, or fall prey to epistemology.
Should We Search for a God?: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:40:45 -0500 - The recurring question remains does God exist. For some this is a certainty, for others it is nonsense, and others a mystery and a quandary. Physicists face similar, though certainly less epic, questions, for example does the Higgs boson exist. They tackle these questions through observation, often intense, precise, and methodical. Given a God, and given that such a God influences mankind in general and individuals in specific, should we not be able to detect a God's influence? If God heals the sick, and strengthens the mind to perform good work, then doesn't the spiritual touch the physical, and shouldn't we be able to discern that? Isn't the question of a God significant enough to undertake an objective search for a God?
Is the World Really Like the Matrix Movie?: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:12:07 -0500 - The world that you live in is not what it appears to be. We all live in a Matrix type existence, but just like the people in the movie, you have no clue what reality really is.
Living in the Age of Vampires: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:38:32 -0500 - Is the American Dream dead or alive? It's a question that Americans never expected to be wrestling with in the twenty-first century. After all, this was supposed to be the century when our dreams of living in a futuristic society would become a reality. As the tide slowly turned, we entered the Age of Vampires, causing the light to go out in the Shining City on the Hill.
The Unbelievable Mind Numbing Mirage of Authority and Intelligence Considered: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:57:33 -0500 - Indeed, I always say that the bureaucracy knows no bounds. What baffles me is that Americans so quickly submit to authority, mostly false authority whether it be a religion, government agency, teacher, or a boss in their place of work. Why is this? Submitting to false authority shows no honor in the individual, it shows no strength of character, it shows actually a sign of weakness, timidness, and low self-esteem. So why so many takers, is it just easier to not think, go with the flow, allow yourself to get fat dumb an happy?
The Apostle Principle: Fathering and Mentoring: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:02:37 -0500 - The principles of fathering and mentoring are learned through demonstration, example, and impartation. The lack of such a model relationship will bear fruit of confusion, frustration and hurt with the effect creating a vicious cycle when left unchecked and unchanged. The devastating results not only affect this generation but will also affect generations to come.
The Prophet Principle: Enforcing God's Standards: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:00:47 -0500 - We live in a culture that has become so infatuated with the idea of freedom that to an extent the true meaning has become obscure, faint, and incomplete; stretching the borders of what is morally acceptable behavior in the sight of God. Freedom is defined as exemption from external control and the power to determine action without restraint. This definition seems harmless, however, without the proper standards that are absolute true freedom is not created. Instead it's a misaligned concept of reality with the result being confusion and chaos.
Beliefs of the World: Co-Existence and Resolution: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:44:34 -0500 - People profess a multitude of religious beliefs. While this diversity enriches us, there is within that diversity deep differences and disparities between beliefs. Is Christ God? Does God exist? Are truth revealed externally or discovered internally? Are miracle real? Does faith alone bring salvation? How then, in the face of differences, do we move forward? An approach involves a meta-perspective, an action to step outside our differences and find principles that we can hold mutually even in our differences of belief. We have then in this article a proposed set of four such principles, which offer principles of possible agreement even as religions move forward on different paths.
Humanitarianism and Misanthropy: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:54:52 -0500 - Whenever I hear sentiments such as "I hate people," what I see is in most cases is a crisis of faith. Christianity and Islam believe that people are evil, and people who follow these creeds are not surprised to see human ugliness. Whereas someone who believes in people's goodness finds such things a lot harder to bear.
How To Argue With A Man With A Shotgun In His Hand: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:12:20 -0500 - You argue with a person with a weapon in their hand by arguing for your life, which is how you should treat all important things in life. The person holding what you want is holding the metaphorical shotgun.
Platonic Fullerene Chemistry and Humanoid Evolution: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:36:03 -0500 - Icons of the New Renaissance stories, under the auspices of the Science-Art Research Centre of Australia, are about the discoveries demonstrating that life-sciences can be linked to fractal logic in defiance of the present scientific world view. This article attempts to support those who intuitively feel that a change in global human consciousness is occurring to allow humanity to evolve into a new Golden Age. Marcillio Ficino's 15th Century Great Italian Renaissance about the atomistic geometrical structure of compassion associated with Platonic love, failed to influence 20th Century science. Leonardo da Vinci's mechanistic culture eventuated instead, resulting in a technological culture based upon a global economic rationalism, devoid of rigorous scientific ethics. Plato's spiritual optics are now being explained in terms of the functioning of the mirror neuron in the brain. The Florentine University New Measurement of Humanity Project is developing its nationally acclaimed quantum biology research to show that the mirror neuron evolves compassion in defiance of the mechanical industrial age. The Science-Art Research Centre, in liaison with the Florentine Project, is attempting to develop a supercomputer program to include the new knowledge in order to champion the intuitive feelings of those desiring a Golden Age for Humanity.
The Morality of Keeping the System Going?: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:28:43 -0500 - Not long ago, I was discussing with an individual the virtues of right and wrong, yes morality, on a philosophical level. Interestingly enough, you can imagine how in depth some of these arguments can get, no not only the "trolley car" dilemma, but the virtues of streamlining society for the "common good" and yes, "common good" isn't all that easy to define, even with our complex set of definitions and massive online dictionaries. Amazing isn't it?
The Trolley Problem: The Balancing of Lives: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:04:16 -0500 - The Trolley Problem represents a thought problem of relatively recent vintage designed to crystalize our ethical thinking. When are we justified in taking a lesser number of lives to save a greater number? A concept called symmetric jeopardy is offered here as a principle with which to analyze such situations.
Experience of Deep Sadness: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:00:29 -0500 - The life of a human being is the journey of happiness and sadness. Some people learn from their experience of deep sadness whereas some people will just sit back and complain about their life and situation. An individual should never complain about their life and situation because after facing these tough situations in their life, it can convert them into a real strong and wise individual.
The Most Unusual Thing In Existence: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:51:47 -0500 - You know, sometimes a nice, normal article is expected. Well, this is not that article, it may be deep and it may be shallow, but this is not that article. The most unusual thing in existence is thought, or to be more exact faith that works through thought. Let me explain.
The Natural Optics of Mirror Neurons and Platonic Fullerene Chemistry: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:36:22 -0500 - Icons of the New Renaissance articles, under the auspices of the Science-Art Research Centre of Australia, are about the discoveries demonstrating that life-sciences can now be linked to fractal logic in defiance of the present scientific world view. In this article, ancient Greek concepts of political compassion, derived from ancient Egyptian sacred geometrical mathematics are compared with the Babylonian mythological-mathematics used by Albert Einstein to formulate his theory of relativity. The atomic structure of Platonic love is compared with the mathematical ethos innate in Einstein's E=Mc squared. Nanotechnology has shown that the world-view developed by the engineer Buckminster Fuller's use of Plato's mathematics resulted in knowledge that the living energies of quantum biology entangle with Einstein's energies of chaos in order to evolve a compassionate form of evolutionary purpose. This matter is, in Fuller's words, one of choosing between 'utopia or oblivion'.
The Nature Of Villains And Heroes In This Society: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:26:34 -0600 - There are many things to be taken seriously and not taken seriously in this society. The extreme nature of villains and heroes could be one of them, but I have decided to do a serious study of the nature of villains and heroes from a place of being neither, and just being a regular little man watching them in this society.
Ancient Egypt, The Land of Magic: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:49:43 -0600 - Ancient Egypt... The land of Magic.. These words have been spoken for centuries and they will be said as long as time ticks away. We only have to go a couple of hundred years back in time, when people actually called ancient Egypt exactly that, the land of magic.
Ethical Principles: Three Legs to a Stool Under Construction: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:06:20 -0600 - We have an intuitive sense of ethics, of right and wrong. But our intuition, though a guide, can be fallible. Thus we should make explicit the rules of ethics, so as to create a solid basis for ethical action. Great thinkers in the past have set their mind to this, producing three approaches to moral action - consequence-based, rule-based and virtue-based.
Willingness, Wonder and Wisdom Equals Life: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:36:30 -0600 - There are many ways to experience life, but not all life leads to life. There are many ways we can choose to live life, but not every choice leads to life. There are many ways to miss out on life, but missing out doesn't mean we will always miss out.
What To Be The Best At And Why: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:25:39 -0600 - To be the best at life, you need not have any equipment at the least except yourself being fully present. Here is how I approach this subject as a life philosophy.
Subconscious Consciousness: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:18:13 -0600 - "You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness.
The Creation Of A Winner: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:23:29 -0600 - There are times to be active, and there are times to seem passive. Note the tense of that sentence, and the way the words be and seem are used and then read on through the article.
In Defense of God: The Classics: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:42:30 -0600 - A look at three classical arguments for the existence of God: the ontological, the cosmological, and the teleological. I don't find them convincing, and here, I explain why. Do you agree?
I'm Not Crazy, He Said But Is He a Good Judge of That - About As Irrelevant As An Elephant: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:15:09 -0600 - Not long ago, I was talking to a friend and I explained to her that I met someone who was somewhat crazy, but claimed that he was not crazy. She explained to me that no one thinks they're crazy, and I told her I thought that was true, nevertheless, some people are. And I stated; "I'm not crazy," and she said; "but are you a good judge of that?" Indeed, and perhaps that's the problem. What's worse is often psychologists are brought in to deal with people who are not in the norm. But who is to say that the psychologists themselves are not crazy?
When 2-D Infinite Worlds Collide, Intersect, and Divide: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:42:38 -0600 - Not long ago, I was discussing derivatives and mathematics with a philosophical student who was quite intrigued with the concept of infinity, and unlimited points approaching an absolute zero-point in a given set. As we were discussing all this we were talking about the fact that you could have unlimited two-dimensional infinite worlds. If they all ran parallel they would never intersect, collide, or divide each other and they would all individually be one continuous stream.
Why Be Moral: A Short Discussion of Ethical Motivation: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:34:08 -0600 - Humans for the most part sense a desire to do the right thing, to follow a moral course of action. But if a sceptic asked why do so, could we construct a sound, universal rationale for why one wouldn't simply do what was in one's self-interest, regardless of the moral evaluation of the action.
Emotional IQ Is Not What Your Think It Is: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:02:53 -0600 - It seems these days everywhere we go all the educational experts, psychologists, and even our own leadership is promoting this concept of groupthink. That when you get together as a group you can move mountains, get everyone on the same page, and join together in a positive state of humanity. That may be all well and good in a number of situations, but it isn't always true. Further, just because you have more than one person making decisions, and have a group of people working on a problem does not mean they will come to the best solution. It's a fallacy to believe that in all cases.
Platonic Fullerene Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Liberty, Freedom, Science and the US Constitution: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:29:16 -0600 - Dear reader, this Ezine article has been written for perusal by over 6000 nano-scientists. Its theme suggests to the general public that ethical nanotechnology has an important role to play in bringing about a new age of global liberty and freedom. It can be argued that this can come about if nanotechnology is developed in liaison with a medical science, to guide ennobling government for the betterment of the global human condition. While the article is about the fractal nature of Mesopotamian mythological mathematics, it is fully realised that other ancient cultures, including Indian and Chinese civilisations, contributed infinite fractal mathematical concepts into the formation of the ancient 3rd Century BC Platonic tradition of Greek science.
The Concept Of Peace And Action, Not So Much Peace And War: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:21:14 -0600 - Action, not war is the cornerstone of a philosophy that works, thus the concept of peace and action instead of peace and war in this article. Sure, I could make a normal "motivational" article about war and peace, but that would not matter as much as this concept would to people.
Discursivity and Precie on Immortal Philosophy Nominae: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:44:56 -0600 - A mixed theme is introduced, framing a kind of avant-garde philosophy. Not only are words useful for leading into a philosophical theme---what is sometimes called a discursive philosophical practice---but these themes have potential to lead deep into real territories of knowledge. This final aspect often goes undeclared, even in much larger essays and projects, including perhaps Heidegger's Cartesian Meditations and others. Some might favor my methods even over those of the somewhat more nihilistic Wittgenstein.
The Paradoxes Of Zeno: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:14:21 -0600 - A long time ago, there was a Greek philosopher called Zeno of Elea (ca. 490-430 BC). He kind of dedicated his life to thinking of paradoxes that would explain why motion is nothing but an illusion, and as said in Plato's Parmenides, just to argue against those who had created paradoxes against the view of Parmenides that motion is nothing but an illusion.
How to Be More Knowledgeable in a Particular Topic?: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:41:52 -0600 - You should always be eager to gain more knowledge because knowledge has the power to change the way you think. The way the person thinks depends upon the knowledge acquired by that person. We can either have less knowledge about the particular topic or advanced knowledge about the particular topic, everything depends upon our learning attitude.
Qualities Required to Be a Good Philosopher: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:38:59 -0600 - The real philosopher is the person who seeks for the truth and knowledge. The word philosophy means the love of knowledge. Great Philosophers are great thinkers because when you read something, you gain knowledge but when you begin to think, you start to search for the knowledge. There are some qualities one must posses in order to be a good philosopher.
Philosophy on Freedom of Thought and Speech - Religion or Political Correctness: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:11:46 -0600 - It's amazing how many people on the right side of politics, a good many of them religious followers and strong Christians, will complain about the insanity of political correctness in our society. Sure, the political correctness is a total nightmare, and it is a real problem. You see, by forcing people to say certain things, and telling them that if they believe anything else they are wrong, and if they don't deny what they see and question their own observations that something is wrong with them. In many regards this takes away from their freedom of thought, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, which is granted in the Constitution.
Survival, The Full Time Job Of Those Who Make It: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:43:30 -0600 - When it comes down to it, survival is a sure bet that you win when you have persistence within you and outside of yourself. Now sure, people can make it with all the outer advantages easily, not so much with all of the inner advantages and none of the outer trappings. But, consider what this article is about: Survival is an all the time thing for people who use their resources right. I am not saying bad or good, positive or negative, but in a right way, not a wrong way.
Predicting Future By Scanning The Media of The Past - Sure, Makes Perfect Sense: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:36:13 -0600 - Indeed, I've always said that once you've lived through two or three decades of paying attention you start to see things repeat in our civilization and society. If you study your history you can go back 40, 50, or even 60 years and see everything repeats. Oh sure, there might be new technology and various new trends in society as they interact with previous scenarios, but in the end this only causes an increase in the frequency from start to finish of similar past period trends.
Taxes: A Suggestion for Ethical Reforms: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:29:30 -0600 - While most everyone would desire lower taxes, we certainly would view taxes as more palatable if we judged them fair. Now one person's fairness might be other person's inequality. Thus fair taxes involve a complex social consensus. To add to the debate towards achieving some level of consensus, here are several ideas to improve the fairness and ethical basis of our tax structure.
Is God Suprarational or A-Rational?: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:25:09 -0600 - The nature of the divinity does not have to be a total mystery, as if God is only miraculous and not logically approachable. The Bible give enough hints and clues to think about Him in theological and philosophical terms.
Just Because One Theory Is False Doesn't Mean We Can't Use to Understand Something Else: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:47:47 -0600 - Over the years, I've come across so many topics and subjects which just left me with more questions than answers. In search of those answers, I was left still wondering why, as no one who is living or has ever lived had ever figured it out, or if they had they'd failed to publish or even put into the realm of human knowledge, not then or now, not even in a blog searchable by our new god; Google.
A Talk With The Master: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:04:02 -0600 - Student: Master, what is today's topic? Master: What has brought you to me is the thirst for knowledge, so shall we make our topic about knowledge?
The Past Does Not Matter As Long As I Wake Up For The Present And Future: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:46:41 -0600 - Life and death, the two supposed opposites we hear about all the time, and exist with all of the time that are contemplated by essentially every philosopher in the same way. Almost every philosopher has an argument. Well, I have a peace, not an argument to make with and about life and death. That peace is called live now, and live well.
Have You Ever Met God?: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:13:18 -0600 - Where is God? How can you see Him? Is there really any god in our world? These are the questions that come to our introspective mind... Yes... God is there.
Taxes: A Calculation in Ethics: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:43:41 -0600 - Ask someone what to do about taxes, and the response would likely be to have less of them. But given taxes are a fact of life, what are the elements of an ethical and fair set of taxes? And in the complex economies of today's world, and with the many complex, overlapping interest groups, how do we get concensus? This articles explores what would make an ethical tax policy, and what it might take to find, or at least get closer to finding, the best tax policy.
Vedanta As I Understand - Truth or The Reality: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:47:57 -0600 - What are the five elements? Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space. How did these five elements Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space evolve? How do they have the power to act? How does the air move, water flow, fire burns and brightens the area?
Makar Sankranti In Bihar - Environmental Caring And Paying Salutations To Animals: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:43:13 -0600 - Being a South Indian, I know the importance of Makar Sankranti and the manner in which it is celebrated in Andhra Pradesh. My neighbours are from Bihar. I was narrating to Urmila(my neighbour) that I would be preparing Dahi Vadas, Cabbage Vadas, Lemon Rice, Coconut Chutney and Milk Pudding for the occasion. She added that she has to prepare GHUGHUTIS. I looked at her in a zapped manner. . . what are they now?
The Talent of Butt Kissing Is Both An Asset and a Sign of Weakness All In One: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:45:55 -0600 - How would you like to be popular, become a leader, and be respected by your peers? What would you give up to do this? Would you give up yourself, your individuality, and essentially your freedom as in your freedom of speech and freedom of thought to join the crowd? The reason I'm asking is because I am not willing to do that, and although to be a good leader you must at some point learn how to follow, that is a known reality as well, you have to give up something. You see, we teach leadership, but how often do we teach followership?
Where Is Heaven? (Creating Heaven on Earth): Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:25:39 -0600 - Our human body is just playing the parts of clothes for our spirits in this materialistic world. There is a query in each and every person's mind about the location of heaven. In this world, there is a good side as well as bad side in this world. Human beings have the choice whether to follow the path of god or the path of the devil because god has made each and every human beings freedom to make a choice. There is only one god which has taken birth in different forms because different culture, religions, thoughts make the world beautiful. The founders of all the religions have invoked the god inside of them in order to provide the human beings with the true knowledge and wisdom.
4 Effective Methods to Be Spiritual Thinker: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:23:41 -0600 - Our spirit is everything and in order to understand the existence of god, we should have spiritual understanding. There are different levels of spiritual understanding and the ones who have very deep spiritual understanding are the ones who have invoked God in their spirit. They are godly in human body as founders of different religions have delivered great messages for the welfare of the human beings. They have achieved enlightenment and spiritual powers of their deep spiritual understanding with the achievement of true knowledge of life and nature. Meditation can help you achieve a spiritual understanding to be spiritual.
True And False Beliefs, And The Meaning Of Living: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:18:49 -0600 - Confucius once said - and I am paraphrasing him - that life is beset with so many problems that we do not need to add another, but confused problem of figuring out whether there is life after life. How to live well is what many people do not know. And, this is a 'clear' and factual problem worth thinking about. Problems are created when we mix and treat false thoughts as though they were amongst the facts of living.
The Tools Of Violence, The Tools Of Peace, Sisters And Brothers Should Help Each Other: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:19:39 -0600 - The tools of violence and death are myriad and many, you have every type of complex gun and weapon there is to kill people. But what of the tools of peace? Those are simple, all we have to do is make up our minds to be peaceful. This is what this article advocates really.
Human Survival Timeline to the 21st Century Renaissance: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:31:24 -0600 - Icons of the New Renaissance stories, under the auspices of the Science-Art Research Centre of Australia, are about the discoveries demonstrating that life-sciences can now be linked to fractal logic in defiance of the present scientific world view. In this article a 41 year journey marks a successful endeavour to bring the human survival theories of Sir C P Snow into fruition as the purpose of the 21st Century Renaissance, by linking them with the functioning of Buckminster Fuller's synergistic universe. The article also introduces a Science-Art model for the funding of further research to implement Snow's work.
Prospering in Christ: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:18:50 -0600 - This article hopes to demonstrate how we can prosper in Christ. Hopefully it will also shed light one what exactly it means to be "prosperous".
How Does an Individual Think Deeply?: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:33:41 -0600 - ? Thinking can be simply defined as the high level of mental activity that takes place in our brain for solving different kinds of problems, formation of ideas which is part of our daily life. The person who spends a lot of time in deep analysis on a regular basis is called deep thinkers. When there is a similar perception of the people about a certain event, it is not called thinking.
Tales From The Greatest Mechanism In Existence (The Human Mechanism, The Genetic Method): Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:03:25 -0600 - Learning to be successful or anything, even to be a failure, takes a proper attitude of learning to be that. Logically and realistically, nothing is born, it is all made by the consciousness that inhabits the creative mechanism or mind.
Trust, Belief, and Understanding: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:24:45 -0600 - For more than a thousand years since Christianity introduced the articles of faith, i.e., Jesus Christ died but will come again; He is the son of God, Holy Trinity, etc., Christian and non-Christian thinkers have debated on the relationship between faith and reason. St. Augustine's rendering of it is that faith seeks understanding. Understanding, said to be limited, cannot even grasp the meaning of the objects of faith. For that man will forever be in a state of despair, a state in which his heart and mind will forever seek answers to the fundamental questions of life and purpose. For Christians, it is necessary to believe first before understanding. Once understanding has faith to guide its quest, understanding will finally find the answer to the mysteries of life. And, man will find eternal happiness.
Free Will: Reports of Its Death Are Premature: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:54:48 -0600 - Free will remains an enigma. On the one had, we have little doubt that we exercise free will. Making free choices seems as immediate and real to us as our anything we experience or think.
How To Live Through Anything Interesting: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:27:42 -0600 - When considering the nature of free will, we all have a choice. We have a choice to succeed, or to fail, other than that, there is not really a choice between those that is viable.
The Old Testament: Is It Actually 'Useful'?: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:08:07 -0600 - This article addresses 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (all Scripture is useful for... ) as it relates to the Old Testament. We often look at books such as Numbers, Lamentations, and Leviticus as being useless, but are they?
How Philosophy Shapes Our Day to Day Lives: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:44:36 -0600 - Philosophy is not just based on esoteric concepts. It touches our lives and shapes our day to day lives. How you might wonder? Here is something to ponder.
Art for Art's Sake?: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:37:30 -0600 - This article explores the purpose of art. Does art have to mean something or can it merely be beautiful? Why do artists create? We will also look at the different types of art from utilitarian to conceptual or art for its own sake.
The Subway Trip: A Journey Into Morality: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:37:24 -0600 - Examining morality often involves thought experiments of the kind "what would you do?" A subway trip, and the question of "would you give up your seat?" provides a backdrop for first examining fairness in a social setting, and then for looking at how government regulations for social order add a twist.
Fail Forward For Something Better After The Failure: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:16:01 -0600 - As long as you have life in yourself, you can fail and then succeed after the failure through persistence. Ultimate success in my opinion and reality comes this way, even when you succeed, there is always something better to do, also my opinion and reality.
I Still Believe In Santa Claus: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:47:26 -0600 - I had just come from an office Christmas party. There was a discussion about whether one should tell little children about Santa Claus. Clearly, this co worker, who is a mother to 3 very young children, saw no point of telling her kids about a bearded white man who does not exist. To pretend that he and only he gives out presents to kids is, for her, plain and simple, a lie.
Athletic Soldier - Farmers for Christ: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:04:00 -0600 - This article hopes to show how 2 Timothy 2:3-6 can apply to not only pastors, but to non-pastoring society as well, by answering questions such as: What exactly does Paul mean when he says we should be willing to suffer with Christ? And what does he mean that the farmer should receive the first fruits of his labor?
Understanding the Broad Meaning of Information, Knowledge and True Knowledge in a Particular Subject: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:28:51 -0600 - We simply cannot call the collection of different types of information is an acquiring of knowledge. When we acquire some information, our mind processes the collected information in different ways and tries to sort out the applications of the collected information. All the information that is collected is not processed out by our mind, only some of the information that is collected is processed by our mind according to our level of concentration.
Platonic Fullerene Chemistry, Sir C P Snow and the Cure for Cancer: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:55:19 -0600 - Icons of the New Renaissance stories, under the auspices of the Science-Art Research Centre of Australia, are about the discoveries demonstrating that life-sciences can now be linked to fractal logic in defiance of the present scientific world view. In this article a 1957 book published by the New York University Library of Science links Einstein's E=Mc squared with the mathematics of Babylonian myth. Recent nano-technological discoveries show that Buckmister Fuller's synergistic world-view is needed to complete Einstein's limited understanding of the functioning of life-science energies. The 1937 Nobel laureate in medicine, Szent Gyorgyi, had developed similar concepts now found to resonate with discoveries made by the Science-Art Researsch Centre and the theories of Sir C P Snow, indicating that the bridging of the gulf between modern science and Classic Arts theory may be relevant to finding a cure for cancer. However, this cannot be investigated until Fuller's proposed World game Theory is programmed into a relevant suprercomputer allowing negentropic carbon signalling properties to be examined beyond the limitations of Einstein's understandingf of quantum mechanics.
Infinity Is a Prime Number - Care to Discuss?: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:02:28 -0600 - The other day I was discussing with a fellow mathematician whether or not infinity was a prime number, and we were also discussing the Fibonacci sequences. In the Fibonacci sequences as you get higher in numbers, the spaces between the Fibonacci numbers become farther and further apart. So if you were to get to infinity, and granted you could never get there, but if you could you'd realize that it isn't divisible by anything. How far back would you have to go to find a Fibonacci number?
Is The Internet Threatening Us to Conform - Fight Back Now, Save Yourself: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:45:38 -0600 - Well, if I were a socialist dictator wishing to take over the world, I would have created social networks. Why you ask? It is simple, because I could use it to keep control the people, keep them politically correct, and use society to keep everyone under control allowing me to use less of a heavy hand in the governing over the people. This as Machiavellian might say in "The Prince" would allow me to be "loved and respected" even though I were an onerous and quite demanding dictator of the humans on the planet.
Play By The Rules, Please!: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 08:02:29 -0600 - The bathroom door is locked. Someone is in. I say, "Peter". Paul answered: "No, it's me". A very simple situation: I asked a question, I assume (hypothesis) that it was Peter using the bathroom. My assumption was wrong. A very simple, verifiable answer shot back. In this case, and others like it, there is no need to speculate.
Concept of Observation Inheritance With Its Application for Personal Development: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:29:18 -0600 - Understanding the concept of observation inheritance and its implementation can help you a lot in personal development. In simple words, inheritance can be defined as the process of permanently possessing the characteristics or traits whether it's positive or negative. There are different meaning and values of inheritance depending upon the different fields of study.
We Can All Win Against Trouble: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:44:05 -0600 - Permanent trouble is a foolish notion, temporary trouble that leads to success is a logical notion. In life, there is nothing to be sad about except when we quit right before success happens.
What Is a True Minister?: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:00:32 -0600 - What exactly is a "true" and a "false" Minister? This article hopes to answer that.
The Teaching That Accords With Godliness: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:20:02 -0600 - What is the "teaching that accords with Godliness" that Paul talks about in 1 Timothy 6:3? This article hopes to answer that question.
Nationalism, Trade, Territorial Waters, and the Unfortunate Potential Eventuality for War: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:13:04 -0600 - The human species is known for its mob mentality and it's never ending sound and fury. Unfortunately, the mob mentality can get out of control quite easily just as it can be used to overcome a rogue regime or some seemingly impossible adversity. Religious leaders have used this mob mentality just as militaries, Kings and Queens, corporations, unions, and even modern-day politicians to serve their will. Nationalism in many regards is the same thing, and it also often creates an "us versus them" scenario.
The Importance and Irrelevance of the Hydesville Rappings: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:25:25 -0600 - The "Hydesville Rappings" were events in history considered by Modern Spiritualists as proof that life after death really exists. However, some say it is a hoax fabricated by the Fox sisters. This article will discuss in brief the two sides of the story focusing on its importance and irrelevance.
Freedom Should Include Being Able to Decide What You Are Going to Be Afraid Of: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:26:13 -0600 - When I was younger I used to wear T-shirts with the slogan; "No Fear" and yes, it was probably a good deal of bravado, but what the heck, when you are young, this is the way you often think isn't it? Fear is a powerful thing, and often humans act out of fear, even if in the end they may have "nothing to fear, but fear itself" as that famous quote goes. Fear is a solid driver of human emotion and behavior, it causes stress and often unfortunately predictable actions, and it is this reality that allows some to rule over others, trapping them in fear.
Why Study Dead White Men Philosophers - You Don't Have Too, There Is Plenty to Read: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:24:12 -0600 - The other day, I was talking to an acquaintance who happens to be somewhat of a philosopher at heart, but is also a mathematical and analytical economics researcher. Over the course of many e-mails we discussed some of the economic philosophers of the past periods, those famous dead white men. It seems that is a very common phrase when discussing academic philosophy studies; "dead white men," almost as if it were only those past historical men who know much of anything and that all of them were supposedly white.
Sexuality, Entropic Warfare and Unbalanced 20th Century Science: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:31:33 -0600 - Icons of the New Renaissance stories, under the auspices of the Science-Art Research Centre of Australia, are about the discoveries demonstrating that life-sciences can now be linked to fractal logic in defiance of the present scientific world view. In this article Einstein's theory of relativity and his quantum mechanics observer participancy theory is balanced with the discovery of information energy belonging to the emerging science of quantum biology. In 1957 the New York University Library of Scientific Thought published a book entitled, Theories of the Universe: From Babylonian Myth to Modern Science. The theme of that book is compared to the same theme of the 2012 publication by the Science-Art Research Centre entitled The 21st Century Renaissance. Einstein's mathematical association with Babylonian myth is corrected by Buckminster Fuller's development of Platonic spiritual engineering optics derived by Plato from ancient Egyptian myth.
The True Fountain Of Youth: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:32:59 -0600 - They say about people past their prime that the phrase 'you can't teach old dogs new tricks' seem to apply to them. Every new technology seems to be so difficult for older people to learn and enjoy. They feel that these new technological gadgets like email, the internet, cell phone, etc, make life too complicated, they would rather keep things simple by doing what they are already familiar with. To a certain extent, there is no need to further complicate one's life when what they are comfortable with things that still serve their practical needs. However, if you want to stay competitive in the workforce, you will need to adapt to the present times. Very few people past their prime succeed in keeping fit - not just physically, but mentally. How so?
The Future Of Artificial Intelligence to Teach Socio Economic Theory and Create Group Discourse: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:59:04 -0600 - Not long ago, a fellow author and economic philosopher, Bekuzulu Khumalo, allowed me the privilege of reviewing the first chapter of a book he's been working on. It consists of a group discussion in an academic philosophical setting where intellectuals from around the world ponder issues of socio-economic realities and efficiencies of markets. In reviewing this first chapter, quite good in fact, I wondered if it were possible to teach a computer to write discourse like that, so I asked him.
Forget Me Not - Don't Worry I Couldn't Forget You If I Wanted Too: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:33:07 -0600 - A good many people want to leave a legacy, they want their life to stand for something and count. In fact, they spend much of their life looking for achievement, respect from their fellow man, and accolades. Consider if you will all the human competition for all the various endeavors of your life. Perhaps you too are caught up in the game and race of urgency for success and achievement. You certainly wouldn't be alone in that regard, but then again there is a flip side to this coin. It is something I would like to discuss with you now.
Can We Send Light Back In Time and Read Information Back to Ourselves Before It Existed?: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:31:09 -0600 - Of course, traveling in time is something that humans have considered for tens of thousands of years I'm sure. Indeed, I don't doubt that you yourself might like to go back in time and revisit an event you experienced, or perhaps your curiosity of history has gotten the better of you. These are all normal thoughts, and yet our science is not there yet. Some say it's a good thing, because of the Grandfather's Paradox Theory.
The More People a Government Can Bribe The More Advocates It Has to Take What's Left: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:44:52 -0600 - Well, many people get all bent out of shape over politics, and I suppose the 2012 November 6 election were no different. In fact, there was a lot at stake for the future of our nation, and the direction we take from here. It's almost as if we are at another fork in the road, and we've chosen the road towards socialism. I believe that to be a dead end, and we are likely to drive off a cliff.
The Bigger and More Heavy Handed a Government The More Obvious Its False Authority Becomes: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:43:00 -0600 - It is amazing that so many republics and democracies are turned into socialist dictatorships over time. Generally what happens is a young politician rises from the masses, and he makes promises that things will be different once he is in charge. He is loved and respected by all, and it is not that he can't remove the corruption and the problems of the current government, he can, it's what happens next that becomes the real challenge.
Existential Truth and Factual Truth: What They Say About Religious Texts: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:37:57 -0600 - Once you are in possession of a truth you can either tell the truth or hide it from the others. This is one kind of truth, factual truth, that makes lying possible. When a person lies to the other, he is hiding the facts from him. Factual truth therefore is a social one: there are witnesses, not just one, who can tell the truth or who can hide the truth, and therefore, lie about the situation. And there are people from whom the facts can be hidden.
A Life of Historic Occasions and The Meaning For Life: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:21:01 -0600 - When we live life as if it were a continual series of historical occasions - every moment from birth to death - we live with great purpose in that moment. We resolve to think that every event has meaning and every bad event can be used to prepare us for a better approach to similar events, should they come, in the future.
Revolutions, Depressions, It's All In Our Heads: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:34:00 -0600 - In September 2008 the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. marked the popular beginning of the late recession (2008 - Today). This is probably no news to anybody in the developed world: to many this meant the loss of their homes, loss of their jobs, their businesses and for the lucky ones it meant at least a dent in their life stile.
What Is It But A Game? Meaning Life: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:52:14 -0600 - Living in the world is one thing, but living for the world and fearing the world makes it all another worse thing than that one thing. For living in the world is either neutral or good. Living for the world and fearing the world makes it bad, inalterably bad. In this article, I will give suggestions on living a courageous and good life in the world in a philosophical sense.
Time and Knowledge - Let's Philosophize: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:09:44 -0600 - If I were to ask you to make a connection between time and knowledge, what might come to your mind? Perhaps you might say that incremental knowledge expands over a period of time. That's true enough, but then there are the breakthroughs so incremental increases in knowledge are not perfectly linear. However they can be graphed over time, even if innovation comes in spurts.
Knowledge, Knowledge Everywhere Not a Drop to Think: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:08:42 -0600 - Please understand that knowledge and information are not the same thing. They never have been, but all too often people use them interchangeably. Indeed, I've especially noticed this recently, that is to say in the last two decades as the Internet becomes our first stop when we have a question or need to learn something. The reality is that information is more often than not just data points. But even data and information aren't the same, however data and information are closer than information and knowledge.
Love Is A Rational Act: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:48:04 -0600 - So, if Love is not feeling (certainly it is accompanied by an intense feeling), what is it then? Let's say that it is a rational decision. I may have an intense feeling for a person, but I may choose not to love him or her. On the other hand, I may choose to love him or her, yet I may not have the kind of feeling that is associated with romance. Dr. Martin Luther King, for example, has much love for Americans, regardless of their race or religion. But, he is not 'romantically' linked to anyone in particular except his wife. A husband may have extra-marital affairs, and may choose to love his wife.
The Problem In Arguing With a Left-Leaning Socialist Do Gooder: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:35:00 -0600 - You know, it is very easy to argue against socialism for free-market capitalism. There are hundreds of examples of socialism gone wrong, and it defies common sense. Nevertheless, it's hard to argue with a left-leaning socialist do-gooder because they don't consider your common sense as empirically viable. Rather, they suggest that it is merely your perspective, rather than your actual observation and experience.
From Depraved to Saved: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:37:49 -0600 - 1 Timothy 1:15 can be intimidating for some people, because in that passage, Paul claims that he is "chief among sinners". This article helps dispel doubts that someone may have that they don't measure up, or aren't good enough for Christ.