The pressure of circumstances forces choices. Those “choices” are less free than I formerly believed. Free will!? I doubt it. I am aware of the juxtaposition of the impress of past events and encounters within my psyche. Does not the mind reflexively select to act upon the factors offering the best chances of survival? …
43 If one shifts the center of gravity of life out of life into the ‘Beyond’ – into nothingness one has deprived life as such of its center of gravity. The great lie of personal immortality destroys all rationality, all naturalness of instinct, all that is salutary, all that is life-furthering, all that holds…
Yesterday I went for a short drive to Geneva as is my habit to do some reading, sitting on the ground under a maple tree in front of the old court house. Gazing at the great old Civil War memorial statue that dominates the view from the courthouse, — the mood came over me…
Friday Reading this morning’s The Daily update of stories in the New York Times, I learned more detail about the Presidents attempts to de-fund and degrade the Post Office. The Post Office is one of the venerable institutions of the government that has served many generations of Americans well. The Presidents appointed Postmaster General,…
We discussed philosophy last night, or made an attempt. I made an effort, but just could not seem to “get there.” We are all “ground down” by the pandemic, by the lies, betrayal, and conflict disseminated from the White House. Senator Kamala Harris has been selected as VP partner by Joe Biden. The announcement…
Today is Sunday. My memory of yesterday is almost featureless. I recognize that is the aftermath of low blood sugar. Diabetics are aware of the condition. The remedy is easy under normal circumstances. Just consume something, fruit, a cookie, anything with sugar. I mention this to highlight how organic our sense of time is,…
Last night we viewed The Joker, a movie starring Joaquin Phoenix. Perhaps you’ve seen it already. The movie is a grinding exposé of an individual’s destruction, along with the society upon which he depends (New York city), as consequence of institutional cruelty, exploitation for profit and amusement, as well as a litany of petty…
Sinclair Broadcast Group recently published an online interview with a conspiracy theorist who claimed that Dr. Anthony Fauci created the coronavirus using monkey cells. Sinclair — which operates almost 200 television stations — has also run segments downplaying the severity of the virus. Fox News has repeatedly run segments promoting ideas that scientists consider…
How to say it. There is so much at stake , much more than we can know. We are on the cusp, the beginning days of a second surge in deaths from the coronavirus. California, a populous state that opened prematurely, along with states in the west and south whose governors owe fealty to…
A friend left a comment on a recent post observing that one becomes emotionally exhausted by a deluge of bad news. The reflex is to “cocoon,” to contract inwardly in order to reduce exposure to continued erosion of the self, to further loss of sanity. I knew what he meant by his insight. I…
