There is a hand guiding us. This is the hand of profound wisdom. It is a wisdom that is infinitely deeper than we can understand. You can trust it and have faith in this hand. And this brings me to the point I want to make. In this world we celebrate discoveries. But I maintain…
Real art died when Van Gogh died
Throughout all of human history people had to struggle to stay alive. Every day was a challenge. And people worked very hard just to exist. And when you are exerting all of your energy to keep yourself alive you have no thoughts of art. And art blossoms when prosperity sets in. When people are doing…
The Corkscrew of Complexity or The deeper we dig the less we know
Carl Sagan had a beautiful quote that I still remember decades after he said it. “The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” While this is a beautiful thing to say and even profound I think it’s a little bit off the mark…
Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes and the ocean of humanity
Hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes are things that shake up the Earth. And while they can be devastating they are also necessary. They cause a churn; a part of a process of tear down and re-build. The system needs this cycle; otherwise stagnation sets in. It is the same for everything. If there was no moon…
TTATG
TTATG You are not a human being. You are a soul – eternal. You are forever, have existed for all time and will continue to do so forever. You have chosen to bring yourself into this current experience. For reasons of your own. And you have chosen the circumstances in which you live – all…
Regaining that sense of “sacred”
The word “Sacred” is a beautiful word with a lot of depth and meaning. It speaks to so many things. When something is sacred it is held as very precious and it is cared for. This is clearly exhibited in the churches and cathedrals that were built in centuries past. A profound amount of care…
Electronic Graven Images
I am going to do a very loose interpretation of this concept. I don’t know much about the biblical interpretation of the dangers of graven images. Let me give you my take on this concept. I believe we are here in this existence for a few profoundly important reasons. First off, we are here to…
A sobering comparison between wine making and civilization
A sobering comparison between wine making and civilization I am a mead maker. You might not know what “mead”is but it’s really simple to understand. Mead is wine. But instead of being made with grapes it is made with honey. Any type of winemaking can be extremely complicated with an enormous array of variables to…
That small mistake that transformed Van Gogh into what he was
Vincent Van Gogh had a career that spanned only ten years. (1881 – 1890) Part of his transformation comes from the fact that in 1886 he moved from the Netherlands to Paris. This change in environment had a profound effect on his work. But… there is a little thing I want to point out. I…
Capitalism doesn’t work without Christianity
I remember a news story I read many years ago. It was about a lawsuit that people had filed. There were these people, I guess you could say they had a company, that was advertising an easy to follow weight loss program. And it was absolutely guaranteed to work.But, it was expensive. Maybe a hundred…