Power of the Individual |
The Power of the Individualby James Clair LewisWhen I was 14 in 1965, Vice President Hubert Humphrey spoke at the University of Santa Clara campus, so I walked over to hear what he had to say. I appla...
Posted by Brad Gation on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:16:00 PST |
Healing Power of Silence |
The Healing Power of Silenceby Robert RabbinFrom the time I was 11 years old, I needed to know one thing above and before all else: Who am I? I traveled for a long time and throughout the world in sea...
Posted by Brad Gation on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:24:00 PST |
Communicating with Plants |
Communicating with PlantsBy Bob MakranskyPlants' experience of being in the world is very different from the experience of us animals. Because plants cannot move about, they exist in a state of profou...
Posted by Brad Gation on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:10:00 PST |
Zen |
ZenLecture by Alan WattsOnce upon a time, there was a Zen student who quoted an old Buddhist poem to his teacher, which says:The voices of torrents are from one great tongue, the lions of the hills ar...
Posted by Brad Gation on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:27:00 PST |
Mindless Menace of Violence |
The Mindless Menace of ViolenceSpeech by Robert Kennedy April 5, 1968This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for politics. I have saved this one opportunity, my only event of today, to spe...
Posted by Brad Gation on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:22:00 PST |
Magick of Trees |
The Magick of Treesby Scott CunninghamTrees have been considered to be magickal for many centuries. They have been the homes of wood spirits and the keepers of sacred circles. Many tales of the part t...
Posted by Brad Gation on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:27:00 PST |
Reality behind Olympics |
The Reality Behind China's Olympic Image of ModernityWhile watching the games, remember they are designed to benefit a regime responsible for appalling abuse of human rightsEdward McMillan-ScottThe op...
Posted by Brad Gation on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:26:00 PST |
= Humor |
"Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God."-Karl Barth"If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter."-Joseph Addison"Imagination w...
Posted by Brad Gation on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:39:00 PST |
Forests as Sanctuaries |
Forests as SanctuariesHenryk SkolimowskiWe all know how intricate are the relationships between a single tree and the forms of life that live with it, and around it. But why are trees so important to ...
Posted by Brad Gation on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:35:00 PST |
