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Aiming For Moral Mediocrity

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on Friday, September 13, 2019 5:05 PM
Image by Gerd Altmann from http://Pixabay.com I have an empirical thesis and a normative thesis. The empirical thesis is: Most people aim to be morally-mediocre. They aim to be about as morally good as their peers — not especially better, not especially worse. This mediocrity has two aspects. It is peer relative rather than absolute, Read More…
Avidya (Ignorance)

Submitted by Krishna on Thursday, September 12, 2019 3:54 PM
Image by Mari Ana from http://Pixabay.com Avidya is a Sanskrit word most commonly defined as ignorance. This can be misleading if we think of ignorance as a lack of knowledge. Avidya is not simply a lack of knowledge; it is a lack of what Hindu philosophers sometimes refer to as true knowledge (Singh 394-395). The Read More…
The Invisible College

Submitted by Sci Fi Guy on Monday, September 9, 2019 12:26 AM
Image by rambotent from http://Image by rambotent from Pixabay Invisible college refers to intercommunicating scientific researchers who are working within a specified paradigm, or field of study that has some core issues in common. – Social Research Glossary There are impostors pretending to be the Invisible College, there are charlatans using that name Read More…
What Relevance Does Meditation Have Today?

Submitted by Sadhu on Sunday, September 8, 2019 3:58 PM
Image by 4144132 from http://Pixabay.com Meditation means awareness, consciousness. But don’t we already have that? Why do we need to practice (the sometimes boring) techniques of meditation? Well – there’s good news, and there’s not so good news. The not-so-good news is that actually we are rarely aware. On the contrary, we are almost always Read More…
The Bane Of Modern Society: Excessive Individualism

Submitted by MasterMind on Saturday, September 7, 2019 10:43 AM
Image by Gerd Altmann from http://Pixabay.com Individualism has been on the ascent across the world over the past few decades. Individualism per se is not necessarily bad. Individualism treats each individual as an independent entity and favours individual freedom over collective or state control. It encourages individuals to have a greater sense of self-responsibility and Read More…
Close Encounters Of The Texas Kind

Submitted by Beldar on Friday, September 6, 2019 11:03 AM
Image by alinkon from http://Pixabay.com The Stephenville Event, as some have called it, has quickly become one of the most publicized UFO sightings in a decade. The story showed up in newspapers as far away as China. CNN’s Larry King devoted two shows to what it all meant. “Do you believe alien beings are out Read More…
The Doomsday Doctrine

Submitted by Mad Max on Thursday, September 5, 2019 4:51 PM
Image by Fabien Huck from http://Pixabay.com Nuclear Doomsday. But why worry about a nuclear doomsday now? The Cold War is over. At its height we had thirty thousand warheads pointed at the Soviets, they had forty thousand pointed at us – but we’re each down to a fraction of that. A climate doomsday seems much Read More…
How To Find Your Sparkle

Submitted by Glinda the Good on Thursday, September 5, 2019 9:41 AM
Image by Michael Seibt from http://Pixabay.com Glinda says, "Let's have some fun and consider the following:" How to Find Your Sparkle: Five Unicorn-Inspired Tips "Don't let anyone ever dull your sparkle." "I saw this and it made me think of you," a friend said a year ago, handing me a cheery ceramic unicorn in the Read More…
Exploring The Native American UFO—Star People Connection

Submitted by Joseph Morningstar on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 9:48 AM
Image by Adina Voicu from http://Pixabay.com Read about some of the fascinating petroglyphs and pictographs of the earliest Native Americans, who responded in reverence and awe to the alien presence that created them. The testimony of Native Americans of our own time is equally dramatic and grounded in mysteries still unsolved. There are many divided Read More…
Transforming Desire To Divine Aspiration

Submitted by SALAAM – Presider on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 1:21 PM
Image by Mariel PALAZZOLO from http://Pixabay.com Desire is the seed that grows into misery, rendering life dis-eased with its all-encompassing pains. Yet, desire is also that energy which gets us going — overcoming the inertia of lethargy and procrastination — to find and march towards our mission. So, how to distil and crystallize its positive Read More…