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- BoT Student on “Look at me: underestimated from day one.” – Al Pacino as the devil: I am not involved in any way with publishing "The Basket of Tolerance";...
- BoT Student on Eeman screens (aka polarity screens, biocircuits) — how they were invented: Yes, I think you may be right about electrical potentials across the body....
- john on Eeman screens (aka polarity screens, biocircuits) — how they were invented: I believe that the actual mechanism for eeman screens is the electrical potentials...
- ChoosetobeAnonoymous on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and religious tolerance: These are fairly interesting questions. One way I would see this that even...
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- Nathan on Carlos Castaneda on scary teachers, “black magic”, and freedom: Yes, lets stop talking to ourselves, and let the voice of our true...
Recent posts
- The importance of courtesy, hospitality, and other small details
- C.S. Lewis on friendship, purpose, and male culture
- J. Krishnamurti, Theosophy, and the fabrication of the “new age” movement
- Alcohol & drugs as poison or medicine: comments by Chögyam Trungpa
- How mind (control) works: perception is shaped by assumption
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – a beautiful interpretation by Emmet Fox
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How mind (control) works: perception is shaped by assumption
When I was a child, there was a period where I got very interested in magic tricks – making a quarter disappear and reappear and so on. The climax of this period was when I staged a show for the neighbors. … Continue reading
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Noam Chomsky on propaganda & “necessary illusions”
Seers and mystics have said this world is an illusion. This often seemed like poetic talk to me–a romantic or metaphysical way of looking at things. But on an ordinary human level, MIT Professor Noam Chomsky has suggested that much … Continue reading
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Science and superstition (and Jung and astrology)
What is science? What is superstition? Can “scientists” be superstitious? To explore these questions lets look at Carl Jung’s work with astrology. Not everyone knows that the famous Swiss psychiatrist practiced astrology with his patients. In fact he kept this … Continue reading
The bubble of self-reflection (Carlos Castaneda)
Have you ever met someone who was completely deluded? With all sorts of wrong ideas, unable to see what was in front of their eyes? And after talking to them, you thought “wow, I’m glad I’m not deluded like that!” … Continue reading
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