Monthly Archives: September 2010

The question of whether sustainable civilization is possible

I just finished reading the book Ishmael (highly recommended) which has served as the inspiration for this post. On the road of my life, the great journey that has brought me this far, I have read many signs along the … Continue reading →

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September 27, 2010 | Posted in Culture and Civilization

The old way and the tunnel

When was it that we began thinking our dreams didn’t mean anything? That we would dismiss them rather than to recount them and relive those magical experiences for a few moments in the morning. When was it that we began … Continue reading →

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September 21, 2010 | Posted in Culture and Civilization, Personal and Spiritual

Place beyond place

when music takes you to that place… can you feel it? you are touching the void you reach out, hand extended, fingers pointing and you just brush it but there’s nothing there and yet you can feel it through your … Continue reading →

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September 13, 2010 | Posted in Personal and Spiritual, Poems

Assessed your “inventory” recently?

So much time is spent looking forward and ahead on where you are going that all you ever see in your vision is that thing, or that place.  It’s really easy to forget that there in the future is really … Continue reading →

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September 2, 2010 | Posted in Personal and Spiritual

The most humane solutions win out

In the process of trying to make the world a better place- more sustainable, less poverty and hunger, less war, more love- it’s hard to remember that no one person or company is to blame for the negative aspects of … Continue reading →

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September 1, 2010 | Posted in Culture and Civilization