Climate
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The Next Five Years
The next five years, in terms of climate change, could be brutal. Wading through the beginning of this article could also be brutal. But if you can get through it (it’s not long),…
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Evil and the Intelligent Universe
We must look at evil from a new paradigm to understand it—the old paradigm of seeing good and evil as absolutes no longer works. Humans are much too complex for that. The new…
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Why We Won’t Deal Seriously with Climate Change
Lately I have been writing a lot of articles on death. I was inspired by reading The Tibetan Book of the Dead and taking a course on it by Andrew Holocek. He recommended…
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What is the Universe?
A friend asked me, “What is the Universe?” In thinking about how to answer this simple yet profound question, I decided there were two ways of looking at it. Two Ways to View…
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Evolutionary Magic VI: Oxygen and the Miracle of 21%
I have been writing this series on Evolutionary Magic to try and instill a sense of wonder and magic into people’s lives, and into their view of the universe. It’s something that is…
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Evolutionary Magic V: Photosynthesis and the New Being
The creation of cyanobacteria, that used photosynthesis for the first time in the evolution of the universe, was a remarkable development. It occurred because of a food crisis. Let’s see what caused this…
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The Evolutionary Hump
I have come to realize there is an evolutionary hump that we as individuals, as a society, and as a species need to get over if we are going to continue into the…
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Does Humanity Have a Death Instinct?
The psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, included the death instinct in in his psychology. He did it reluctantly, but he noticed there were certain self-destructive impulses in humans that he couldn’t explain, like the impulse…
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Cataclysm: A Natural Power of the Universe
In one of his video courses, entitled, The Ten Powers of the Universe, cosmologist, Brian Swimme discusses these powers which include, synergy, emergence, transmutation, transformation among others. They all sound pretty positive, but…
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The Modern vs The Integral Worldview
We are now in a battle between two worldviews, the Modern and Integral, and the fate of the planet hinges on the winner. I want to briefly explore both worldviews and then apply…