Normally, the worlds of the jinns and humankind do not interfere with each other, but that is not always the case. Some believe that the jinns invade our world just to trick us or frighten us. Actually, it is the other way around. We have invaded their world. Continue reading
Once upon the time, three kingdoms developed: the jinn, the insects, and the vertebrates. They each inhabited their own worlds, with blurry boundaries between them. Hence, their respective worlds often collide, creating tensions. The jinns are the most ancient beings, followed by the insects and then vertebrates. Continue reading
The principle of excluded middle states that for every proposition, either the proposition or its negation is true. That means that the opposite of a false statement is a true statement. Oftentimes, we encounter a proposition that is so far off the mark that even its opposite is not true. Hence we say that it is “not even wrong”.
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“There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ~ Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland Continue reading
The present age is a critical one and interesting to live in. The civilisation characteristic of Christendom has not disappeared, yet another civilisation has begun to take its place. The shell of Christendom is broken. The unconquerable mind of the East, the pagan past, the industrial socialistic future confront it with their equal authority. Continue reading
Midnight snacks for the Conemplative:
Prayer of the Heart, Anima Dreams, World Cycles, and Devious Professions. Continue reading
When the Girl from Ipanema walks by, all the beach boys sigh. Just like the gravitational fields, she creates a distortion in the noosphere. As the psychic waves emanate, they affect the voyeurs in various ways. Some daydream of a day with her, some of a night, a few of a lifetime. Do they owe her a Brazilian Real for the sweet 15 minute daydream she gives them? Continue reading
Diotima, in the Symposium, describes the ladder of ascent to the knowledge of the eternal idea of Beauty. Sometimes in order to know where you are, it is necessary to know where you were. Since the ideas are eternal, prophecy is outside of time. Prophecy therefore can be a revelation of the past as well as of the future. To forget the past is to have no future.
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Forgetting is analogous to death so remembering is life giving. Some memories arise spontaneously. Others take some effort. One should not stop at intellectual memory. It may take more effort to expand that memory to deeper levels. This essay has been some time in planning. The events mean nothing to you, but each time I’ve relived them, there is more intensity. Humor may be used to hide it. Nevertheless, over time, a common thread has been revealing itself to me. Continue reading
The end of the year is customarily the time to review the past year and plan for the next. Because of the personal equation, there is no yellow brick road to follow. Instead, a man must be a wanderer, following instincts and intuitions. Continue reading