Mythology
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Evolutionary Magic II
This is my second article on evolutionary magic. In my first article I focused on the slight asymmetry in the creation and destruction of pairs matter and anti-matter particles in the early universe.…
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Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga
A while back I wrote a handful of articles on death. One of them covered, briefly, the eight stages of death as outlined in The Tibetan Book of the Dead. At the end,…
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Evolutionary Magic
The basis of my philosophy is evolution. Matter evolves, life evolves, even consciousness and self-consciousness evolve. Everything evolves. That in and of itself is not a particularly bold statement. The scientific evidence for…
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Does Humanity Have a Death Instinct?
The psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, included the death instinct in in his psychology. He did it reluctantly, but he noticed there were certain self-destructive impulses in humans that he couldn’t explain, like the impulse…
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The Kali Yuga
The Kali Yuga is the fourth and present age of the world cycle of yugas according to Hinduism. It represents an age of darkness and depravity in humanity that leads to the destruction…
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Cataclysm: A Natural Power of the Universe
In one of his video courses, entitled, The Ten Powers of the Universe, cosmologist, Brian Swimme discusses these powers which include, synergy, emergence, transmutation, transformation among others. They all sound pretty positive, but…
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Overcoming Our Fear of Death
What’s our real fear of death? It is the fear of our nothingness. We are afraid that when we die, we, as a self, will be annihilated, gone from existence forever. That fear…
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The Eight Stages of Death
Have you ever wondered what happens after you die, or even what happens as you are dying? Death is a Difficult Topic for our Materialistic Society Perhaps not. Death is not a popular…
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Death and the Pure Mind
While watching a video on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Andrew Holecek, the instructor, showed us a diagram of the Bardo states. Six Bardos and Three Bodies Bardos in Tibetan Buddhism are…
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The Modern vs The Integral Worldview
We are now in a battle between two worldviews, the Modern and Integral, and the fate of the planet hinges on the winner. I want to briefly explore both worldviews and then apply…