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Iran: Leaders, Followers, and Global Revolution

Friday, 3 July 2009, 4:00 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

Progressives around the world were transfixed by the brief cri de coeur in Iran. Nearly all coverage and analysis stayed safely within the nation-state box. But there was one aspect of the spontaneous movement that went virtually unreported: it had ... More >>

Martin LeFevre: Hobbits and Human Evolution

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 12:23 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

Most people have heard of the Hobbits, and I don’t mean the creatures from Tolkein’s imagination. I mean the strange little island hominid in Java that co-existed with modern humans as recently as the Dutch colonial period. More >>

Martin LeFevre: The Personal Has No Place

Monday, 22 June 2009, 11:21 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

With dogs barking in front, back, and on one side of the house this morning, I couldn’t think, much less write, so I drove to the parkland. More >>

Genesis Revisited: Darkness and Evil

Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:52 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

When I first moved to this northern California town over a decade ago, there were still areas along the creek just outside of town that were quite wild. I would sometimes cross paths with coyotes, long-eared rabbits, and rattlesnakes. An encounter with ... More >>

Artificial Intelligence Is an Oxymoron

Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 10:46 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

Here in California, Silicon Valley types are still enamored with the idea that computers have brought humankind to “the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.” More >>

Martin LeFevre: The Life of the Mind, and Heart

Monday, 1 June 2009, 12:35 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

Fifteen meters upstream, a merganser mother preens on the rocks as she stands guard over her three chicks playing in the shallows of the creek. Out of the water she appears quite large, irrespective of the brown baffle on her head. Her spotted brown ... More >>

Obama v. Cheney

Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 11:10 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

There aren’t too many days like the 21st of May 2009 in the political life of this nation. A popular American president was compelled to sequentially debate a disgraced vice-president over an issue—torture—that has destroyed America’s credibility ... More >>

Where Did Man Go Wrong? Part Four

Thursday, 21 May 2009, 5:16 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

The great irony of evolution is that, though it took billions of years to evolve a brain capable of awareness of the sacred through self-knowing, employing time prevents us from the realization of that potential. Most people believe, consciously or sub-consciously, ... More >>

Barack Now Has Blood On His Hands

Tuesday, 12 May 2009, 3:30 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

Focus Pakistan. The Obama Administration has been leaning heavily on a shaky, dollar-dependent Pakistani government to get tough on the insurgents. The result? Hundreds of thousands of internal refugees, ripe pickings for the extremists. Many people saw this coming, ... More >>

Martin LeFevre: Learning From Hummingbirds

Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 11:02 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

It was a very windy day, with gusts up to 50 miles per hour. You would think the hummingbirds would be hunkered down somewhere. But a small fleet of them put on an incredible show in the backyard. More >>

Martin LeFevre: Where Did Man Go Wrong? Part Three

Monday, 4 May 2009, 9:41 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

Over 40 years ago, the eerily prescient film “2001: A Space Odyssey” conveyed a vision of human transmutation. In it, evolutionary leaps are caused by a mysterious external intelligence, operating at crucial junctures in our evolutionary history. More >>

The Best Spiritual Movie Ever Made

Friday, 24 April 2009, 9:37 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

The best film I’ve ever seen with religious themes is “Black Narcissus.” Filmed in 1947, it deftly delves into the clash between Eastern and Western traditions; the conflict between the sensual and spiritual dimensions of human being; and ultimately, ... More >>

LeFevre: Where Did Man Go Wrong? Part Two

Saturday, 18 April 2009, 1:09 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

It seems rather absurd to attempt to explain where man went wrong in three columns, or even to encapsulate 15 years of intense enquiry. If a person is questioning however, few words are necessary; and if one is not, three books of explanation won’t be ... More >>

LeFevre: Where Did Man Go Wrong? Part One

Thursday, 16 April 2009, 3:26 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

The question of where man went wrong has vexed philosophers for millennia. It was my obsession for the first 15 years of my adult life. There are, needless to say, many theories. More >>

Insight, Transmutation, and Revolution

Friday, 10 April 2009, 2:13 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

Flocks of sparrows land in groups of 15 or 20 in the shallows across the stream. One group flies down from the branches overhanging the creek as another flies up, in a perfectly choreographed flurry of life. More >>

Martin LeFevre: Can Humanity End Genocide?

Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 10:55 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

Probably the single greatest test of the so-called international community is whether it can prevent or stop genocide and ethnic cleansing. By that measure over the last 20 years, the states that collectively comprise the United Nations have failed miserably. More >>

Martin LeFevre: Barack Provides Insight

Monday, 6 April 2009, 12:34 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations

For those who could didn’t fall asleep during Barack Obama’s often somnolescent news conference after the 20 Richest Nations (aka G-20) summit in London, he provided insight into his views on capitalism, on American leadership, and on his de facto ... More >>

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