Tag Archives: life

Unanswered Big Things

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

Good sunday morning thought cycles about “work”, organization, the big “laws”, theories of all sorts of things.   I really like Stuart Kauffman.  Not afraid to say “I’m stuck.” and keep working. The life cycle of a cell is simply … Continue reading →

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The Moment of Death, A Documentary

Posted on April 10, 2011 by

Just watched absolutely fascinating NatGeo Explorer episode, The Moment of Death. This is a really uncomfortable show to watch.   Asks some amazing questions AND unemotionally explores some answers/approaches. What got me really thinking was listening to the Drs. and … Continue reading →

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More Efficient to Participate and Experience than to Analyze and Look for a shortcut

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Our society wastes a lot of time crafting clever but completely inaccurate models of the world looking for shortcuts to wealth, fame, power, peace, prosperity, liberty, or whatever… That strategy can never work.  All things that lead to the above … Continue reading →

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Sidelines

Posted on February 7, 2010 by

Don’t let me sit on the sidelines. Never let me watch others make the world go round. Never let me watch others dance the night away. Never let me see the band play on without me. Never let me… wait … Continue reading →

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This Life is All There Is – The Mother-Son Debates

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

Is this existence the only life we have?  no after life… no heaven… no hell?  is there karma? is there reincarnation? is there soul? Is there anything other than the 80 or so years most of us will “live”? What … Continue reading →

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog Review and Questions

Posted on April 25, 2009 by

I completed my Elegance of the Hedgehog experience.  Indeed, this is a heartbreaking story.  It’s more than your average outcast meets cool stranger finds redemption. The story asks the big question: does life have any meaning? The book does the … Continue reading →

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Conterfactuals Continued…

Posted on October 27, 2008 by

Whenever an excuse or a wimpy explanation was offered to my Dad for anything adequate or less than adequate he would mumble in an aside… “If-shit-rabbit.” My brother and I went years well into adulthood before coming to know he … Continue reading →

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Dry mouth personal epic spike – queue the music…

Posted on June 27, 2008 by

Have you ever had a period where the events and your surroundings conspired to mash together perfectly to take you away from your ordinary, usual, rarified and all too cool reality you live – transporting you to a level that … Continue reading →

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