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Martin LeFevre: How Obama Can Win
Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 11:42 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Since defeating the Clintons earlier this summer, Barack Obama has dropped Martin Luther King’s poetic and compelling phrase, “the fierce urgency of now.” Lately Obama often speaks prosaically of the imperative of “fundamental change.” That ... More >>
McCain or Obama: What the Stakes Really Are
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 10:41 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
After the Russian invasion of Georgia, the media in America lathered praise all over John McCain about how right he had been regarding Russia. But before the arguably insane McCain has the laurel of sagacity placed on his cancerous head, let’s consider ... More >>
The Observer and Krishnamurti’s Teaching
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 10:18 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
When I was 17 I had a shattering, life-altering insight into the illusion of the separate observer. A few years later, I came upon the teachings of J. Krishnamurti, for whom the nonexistent division between “the observer and the observed” was ... More >>
They Work For The Devil And Call Him Jesus
Thursday, 21 August 2008, 1:22 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Pause and reflect for a moment on this astounding fact: a suicide bomber in a flatbed truck blew up the United Nations headquarters in Iraq and killed Kofi Annan’s special representative, perhaps the most respected and loved man in the UN community. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Making a Friend of Death
Sunday, 17 August 2008, 4:40 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
It’s early enough to avoid the enervating edge of the day’s heat. After a workout on the track, I stop at the park to cool off in the creek Lying on my back in the stream, the gentle current caresses and relaxes my muscles. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Epistemological and Logical?
Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 1:46 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
One of the most annoying things to philosophers is the habit well-educated people have of plugging everything they hear into the preexisting knowledge structure they’ve built. More >>
Martin LeFevre: A Patriarchal Matriarchy
Friday, 8 August 2008, 1:39 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Our paths literally converged in the parkland. She was a young mother, walking alone, and our colloquial conversation somehow quickly turned to the relationship between the sexes. “Women have become men, and men have become women,” she blurted out. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Human Evolution
Monday, 4 August 2008, 12:08 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The physicist Richard Feynman, who famously dunked a little O-ring in ice water and broke it to demonstrate why the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986, was fond of saying, “Don’t fool yourself; and you are the easiest person to fool.” More >>
The Answer Is Within the Individual
Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 12:28 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A friend wrote with a question that goes right to the heart of the human crisis: “In the negation of thought when we experience the still place within us, isn't this when the fragmentation [of humankind] has the potential to cease?” More >>
Martin LeFevre: Why Is Man Separate from Nature?
Sunday, 27 July 2008, 7:05 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
As I see it, human consciousness is an unexplained contradiction in the infinitely dynamic order of the universe. Consciousness is not ‘evolving,’ and things are going from bad to worse. Is there an understanding of the relationship between humankind ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Next Step Is a Great Leap
Monday, 14 July 2008, 11:51 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
You don’t have to be a prophet to know a global train wreck is imminent. You just have to put an ear to the rail to hear the train is coming, and look down the tracks and see that the line has run out. Is there no other choice but to stand here and ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Hellish Fires Threaten Paradise
Friday, 4 July 2008, 2:03 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A pall of thick gray smoke continues to hang over northern California. Hundreds of wildfires are burning in this region, and nearly half a million acres have burned. The air quality is as bad as it’s ever been, and the fire season is just getting ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Lessons of Mugabe
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 1:53 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The failure of the so-called international community, including African leaders, to stand up to Robert Mugabe, shows how inadequate the 20th century international framework is in a 21st century global society. More >>
Meditation Is Attention, Not Concentration
Friday, 20 June 2008, 2:24 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
An unhappy looking fellow exits his SUV as I approach on foot. Two dogs spill out, and he heads up the dirt path in front of me. Of course he turns off the trail at my favorite sitting spot by the stream, so I walk on to the alternate place. More >>
Martin LeFevre: What Kind of Revolution?
Saturday, 7 June 2008, 4:09 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
In August, Barack Obama will be the first person of color nominated by a major party in the United States. It is looking like Obama is destined to be president. But something much larger than him, indeed, much larger than America, is going on. More >>
Regarding Sacrileges and Sacrifices
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 12:29 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
I am about to commit the worst sacrilege a person can in America today. You can rob banks or start wars, but crossing this line will land you in social Siberia. Especially on Memorial Day, which purportedly commemorates the men and women who have died in ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Animal Encounters
Monday, 26 May 2008, 1:40 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The wind has burnished the air, and every cliff, hillside, slope, and rock stand out in sharp relief, accented by fine streams of white clouds that fill half the sky. The beauty is so overwhelming I can hardly string two thoughts together. More >>
Sub-Humans, Humans, and Human Beings
Saturday, 24 May 2008, 6:57 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
New findings and nuanced theories have been coming out recently regarding the clash in Europe between Neanderthals and the first fully modern humans, the Cro Magnons, tens of thousands of years ago. These findings speak of the last great breakthrough ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Is the Tide Turning?
Monday, 19 May 2008, 9:39 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Now that it’s all over but the shouting and crying for the Hillbillary campaign, America is faced with the stark contrast between Barack Obama and John McCain. Of course, Hillary will only bow out when the party bosses, led by the likes of Diane ... More >>
The Big Bang Is Not Creation
Wednesday, 14 May 2008, 10:34 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Though the sky is clear overhead and sunshine bathes the land, clouds have banked up against the foothills, with the look of an impending thunderstorm. Alongside the creek at the upper end of the parkland, the wind suddenly roars in, whipping the ... More >>
