We push and we push, in various ways, through our science and our not-so-science. We push to the outer limits of the universe, discovering what’s possible, inventing around it and through it, in search of… in search of…. In search of what? In search of someone or something to communicate with. Aliens. Life. Intelligence. But […]
When the Christians were exhausted from war, God saw fit to send the Indians smallpox. – said an unnamed friar regarding Cortes’ invasion of the Valley of Mexico, as quoted in Douglas Preston’s book, The Lost City of the Monkey God. The trappings of saying that the same kernel of Spirit is contained in […]
What makes Mystery such a mystery? Have you ever wondered that? And why do mysteries feel so pedestrian, boring, really, compared to Mystery with a capital M? Is it because mysteries are unalive questions, answers waiting to happen? Are riddles temporary highs that, once solved, drop us back into our normal, unengaging lives? A mystery […]
One of the key reasons Truth gets lumped in with the religious is because of the similar ways in which they are articulated. Both claim to be knowledge, but Truth is living. Truth is expressing and becoming knowledge, as it is processed through time. Religious stuff is previously expressed Truth broken into truths or truisms, […]