Ancient Wisdom for Modern People
Hey real quick before I forget; ‘Good vs Evil’ is a sham. That phrase I mean, it’s not real. It’s propaganda. Is good the opposite of evil? No. Good is the opposite of bad, and bad is the opposite of good. See how that works? My kindergarten students do. Too bad most English speaking adults …
Dhammapada – The Footpath (Way) of Dharma. The following verses are copied directly from the translation done by Bhikkhu Sujato of SuttaCentral. 33-43; One whose mind is uncorrupted, whose heart is undamaged, who’s given up right and wrong, alert, has nothing to fear. 44-59 The terminator gains control of the man who has not had …
Essential Humanity by Pythagoras, in a single quote. My summary; ‘Don’t act like a beast.’ This quote I found from p.24-25 in ‘The Higher Taste’ “Oh my fellow men, do not defile your bodies with sinful foods. We have corn, we have apples bending down in the branches with their weight, and grapes swelling on …
Why revolutions rarely happen, and when they do, it’s a bloodbath All societies, and especially governments and organizations, degrade and corrupt eventually. Concerning many countries in 2021, especially 1st world Western ones, that statement is too nice and understated to describe what’s happening today. For many of us, we can EASILY agree that the mAinstReam …
Non Aggression Principle is a JOKE! Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
Authority is an essential part of life; it’s not something we can ever skip over, or push to the side forever. This is now unfortunately an increasingly relevant topic these days. Fake news is bad because it claims to be an authority but it’s really not. Real news is bad because it may or may …
I recently saw “The Social Dilemna” on Netflix. Nothing new there for me, but it inspired me to write this post. In this documentary, the ultimate message is not much different from all the other media I consume; we’re super polarized and we need something to unite us. It seems we’re polarized not only from …
This is becoming a common and edgy meme among truthers these days; “Is Trump a white hat?” or “Ahh, now I see that gAtes was a black hat all along!” What do these terms mean? Spoiler alert, the meaning couldn’t be more mundane; it just means good people and bad people, virtuous/vicious people. Why not …
Here’s a fun thing you can do; open up your digital copy of the Ethos or the Bhagavad Gita or any other ancient text, and do a search for “rights.” Did you find anything? Probably not. The ancients NEVER spoke about rights, because there are no rights. It’s a postmodern fantasy. Every infraction of human …
For my whole life, I’ve seen people kowtow to fear. There are many kinds of fear, but the most COWARDLY kind to submit to, is fear of ridicule. You know the truth, you know its right to say it, but you don’t, because you’re afraid of what others will think of you. COVID-19 has shown …