STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

A GOOD GRADUATION Death is generally an uncomfortable subject that many people just don’t want to think much about and therefore will not read this article. We have been influenced by society to think of it as a negative event. It is not. I will die, you will die, we…

EMPATHY, NOT SYMPATHY It is natural and good that most all of us share some of the same needs. We hope to be understood for who we are, when we ourselves are unsure who we are. Perhaps this is a hope to learn about ourselves through the eyes of others. …

REGARDING ALIENS AND US I just wrote this in response to Isiah McCall’s “Elon Musk — Earth Won’t Exist in Twelve Years”. Dan Reich properly titled this “click bait”. None the less it stimulate some thought and dialectic exchange. Here is my part: Perhaps I am once more talking to…

FOOLS RUSH IN 2.0 I have put too much effort into exploring the paranormal. Intriguing and enticing, and real as it is, the vast truth to be mined is far beyond my current abilities. …

MORE THAN I CAN SAY We all hear a great deal about what is wrong with humanity. Most of that negativity is focused upon those with whom we disagree politically or theologically. “They” are the fools. Interestingly, they think the same about us. I’ll not now go into what we…

AND THAT GOD IS MONEY Let’s face it. The large majority of American citizens worship money above all else. Whatever role they play in society, makes no difference. Money rules. How dare I say this? How dare I not! What is “god”? It is that concept, that principle to which…

In this magnificent, mysterious Universe, all things are possible, far beyond our ability to imagine. “Beyond our ability to imagine” — Carl Sagan. Considering this proposition, we are confronted by our own cognitive limits. I have before mentioned a book of many years ago titled, “Is Man Incomprehensible to Man?”…

Observing older people, many years ago I decided I would never become a “cynical old fart”. Since I am a natural optimist, I approached my current age of 85 confidently. Being here and now, optimism has become increasingly difficult to reconcile with reality, which must always come first, assuming we…

TO DISPEL OUR DARKNESS I haven’t written for a few days. I’ve made the mistake of reading the news, all of it. It is hardly anything other than darkness. I will not perpetuate darkness by making the mistake of writing about it. We have too much of that. …