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Martin LeFevre - Meditations
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Martin LeFevre is a contemplative and philosopher.
His sui generis “Meditations” explore spiritual, philosophical and political questions relating to the polycrisis facing humanity.
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A Contemplative Understanding Of Jesus
Sunday, 5 April 2026, 12:47 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The essence of the historical Jesus was forgiveness. More >>
The Exapted Human Brain
Friday, 3 April 2026, 10:41 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The human brain, which is generating more and more fragmentation by using thought unwisely, contains the capacity for insight beyond knowledge creation. Awakening that potential will enable us to use thought, including AI thought machines, wisely. More >>
Can We Change The Basic Course Of Man?
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 1:11 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Meditation is a doorway into a deeper and immeasurably truer level of being, a portal beyond the stifling, cumulative human past into the infinite, regenerative present. More >>
The Collective Crisis Of The Present Is Not Just A “Weird Detour” From The Past
Saturday, 28 March 2026, 4:13 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
March on No Kings Day if you want, but see that the movements of the 1960’s can’t save us from the miasma of the 2020’s. More >>
True Dialogue Is A Symphony Of Shared Meaning And Insight
Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 5:16 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
True dialogue begins with humility, which flows from a foundation of “I don’t know.” As Socrates said, the difference between him and other philosophers of his time was that “I know that I don't know.” More >>
What Can We Do During This Global Collapse?
Monday, 23 March 2026, 1:13 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
When enough people see that the world is not separate from us and that radical change begins within us, a psychological revolution will ignite and change the disastrous course of man. More >>
Man's An Inverse In The Universe
Friday, 20 March 2026, 1:03 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Though I’m sometimes accused of it, I’ve never understood why anyone would try to save this mad, dark world. It’s not about saving the world; it’s about inwardly saving oneself and humanity, which are basically the same thing. More >>
Is Human History Coming To A Head?
Wednesday, 18 March 2026, 9:40 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The author asks if the ongoing war is the ultimate confrontation between good and evil in human consciousness. Perhaps, though no one can know if it's humankind's last chance to change course until after the matter is resolved one way or another. More >>
Resolve Contradictions, Relish Paradoxes
Monday, 16 March 2026, 8:13 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
To be human is to be faced with many contradictions, inwardly and outwardly. When a contradiction is resolved however, there is clarity and freedom. More >>
What AI Can Never Do Is What Human Beings Must Now Do
Friday, 13 March 2026, 8:44 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Martin LeFevre argues AI threatens human consciousness and calls for individual self-understanding. He asserts that gaining insight into our own minds is the only way to manage thought machines. More >>
The Context Isn’t Our Nations, But Our Humanity
Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 12:19 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Overwhelmed by the scale of the human crisis, people all over the world are falling back into a tribalistic mentality that is generating authoritarianism. More >>
There Is No Such Thing As “My Consciousness”
Saturday, 7 March 2026, 3:24 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
To my mind, inward space (a very different thing than “my private realm”) has become saturated with the useless content and cumulative darkness from the past accelerated by the technologies of the present. More >>
War Boiled Down To Its Essence
Friday, 6 March 2026, 8:24 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
War is never good versus evil, but usually a battle between a lesser evil and a greater evil. The leaders on both sides of this war are acting out of pure self-interest -- not their nations' self-interest, which is bad enough, but their own. More >>
Meditation Means Ending “The Observer Effect”
Thursday, 5 March 2026, 11:01 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Meditation without method or technique allows awareness to quicken and attention to ignite and grow intense. More >>
The Illusion Of Time And The Imperative Of Being Present
Monday, 2 March 2026, 11:52 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
When astronomers say telescopes are time machines, it means that all events in the universe, from the Big Bang to the present, are present in the present. More >>
What Will It Take To Change Course?
Friday, 27 February 2026, 11:01 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The writer poses 2 authentic questions: will it take another world war to yield a new paradigm and the emergence of a true global order? Will it take a nuke or two to shatter comforting gradualist illusions and self-fulfilling nihilistic profusions? More >>
The Limits Of Localism
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 11:09 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The writer critiques that localism is an understandable but counterproductive consequence of the planetary ecological and socio-political crisis. More >>
It’s Not “Us Vs. Them”; It’s Humans Vs. Nature
Monday, 23 February 2026, 12:37 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The human brain has another, latent potential -- for insight. The question is, can it be sufficiently awakened in time? More >>
From Courage On The Podium To Cowardice Of A POTUS
Friday, 20 February 2026, 12:38 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Since the turn of the 21st century, the United States has gone from the first black president in American history to the most racist president in American history. More >>
Mystical Experiencing Isn’t Just For Mystics Anymore
Monday, 16 February 2026, 11:16 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Finally, religions require spiritual authority, and authority induces fear, which generates power, conflict, violence and corruption. More >>
