AI Volte Face

AI Volte Face

"About face!" The command rings out across the parade grounds as the drill sergeant barks the call during formation exercises. Translation: "Hey! Troops! Turn around. Now!" In the political arena, "volte-face" is the oft-used French term for an abrupt change in...

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Moving Mountains

Moving Mountains

I rarely watch videos in the morning. But yesterday I started off the day with a cup of tea and a 15-minute follow-up on the Lahaina fire someone sent me. That segued into another video messaged me about flat earth and how we've been tricked into believing a...

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War & Peace

War & Peace

Ever since the latest atrocities in Israel occurred last Saturday, Edwin Starr's iconic 1969 song "War" has been going through my brain. And in case you aren't familiar with it, here are the opening lines: "War, huh, yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely nothin'." And...

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A Different Kind of “No!”

A Different Kind of “No!”

Like all the residents of Maui, Hawai'i, and many millions around the globe, I'm still emotionally and psychically reeling from the deadly Lahaina fire. Like millions around the world, I'm asking myself, "What really happened? What's really going on?" Most pressing is...

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Stories, illusions and lies, oh my!

Stories, illusions and lies, oh my!

I was on a group call the other day, and a guy was talking and he said, "If I don't feel, it isn't real." And then he kept on going and I don't remember a thing he said after that because I was so riveted by that one short statement. It led me into an examination of...

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The Teaching of No Words

The Teaching of No Words

Many years ago, a spiritual teacher freaked me out at a retreat by saying out of the blue, "Soon will come the teaching of no words." No words? How was that supposed to work? Surely, I wasn't going to have to read my teacher's mind? Was that what he wanted? Was that...

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The Great River Crossing of Our Times

The Great River Crossing of Our Times

River crossings are tricky. Rushing, turbulent waters, slippery rocks, no visible footing, no hand rail, no assurance you'll make it to the other side. Back in the 1960s, every Western I ever saw about people headed West to a new life had a scene where the pilgrims...

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Before We Even Understand our Humanity … Transhumanism

Before We Even Understand our Humanity … Transhumanism

“For four billion years, all of life was subject to the laws of natural selection and the laws of organic biochemistry. But this is now about to change. Science is replacing evolution by natural selection with evolution by intelligent design. Not the intelligent...

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Transmutation Ahead!

Transmutation Ahead!

My dear friend, astrologer Emily Trinkhaus, says tomorrow's (Monday’s) Equinox marks a massive turning point. "Saturn has just shifted into Pisces for the first time since 1996," she says, "while Pluto is about to enter Aquarius for the first time since 1798. We’re...

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