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Martin LeFevre: Jesus’ Mission Failed
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 4:24 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Christianity turns on the question of whether Jesus succeeded or failed in his mission. The great falsehood is that he succeeded, that he was sent and meant to die on the cross “for our sins.” More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Last Trumpet
Monday, 3 April 2006, 12:22 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A reader in the Middle East wrote giving voice to a central concern of this column. “There is indeed a spiritual evolutionary process taking place, but that process takes millions of years and our little bit of consciousness just can’t comprehend ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor...”
Friday, 31 March 2006, 4:52 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
There is a titanic debate raging in America right now over immigration. As the only issue emitting some energy in this moribund land, it pits national security “protect our border” xenophobia against the corporate and middle class need for cheap labor. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Mystical Experience & God
Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 12:59 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The creek is a frothing gray force nearly overtopping its banks. Masses of magnificent white and gray clouds fill half of the huge sky, but it’s completely clear to the west, where a brilliant sun slides slowly towards the horizon. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Contemplating “Grizzly Man”
Friday, 24 March 2006, 2:01 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The film “Grizzly Man,” narrated by the acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog, is a riveting and disturbing documentary account of Timothy Treadwell’s 13 summers living unprotected amongst one of the most ferocious animals on earth. (Stop and save this review if ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: The New Human Rights Council
Monday, 20 March 2006, 1:06 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
One hopes that the creation of the new Human Rights Council by the United Nations will reverse the global backsliding on human rights in recent years. But for many reasons, that’s not likely. The Human Rights Council is a band-aid that doesn’t even ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Scientific & Religious Mind
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 11:39 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Often I walk over a few words painted in the center of the park road by some cynical philosopher. “Nature is wrong,” the stencil reads. The words are fading away, which brings a smile. Nature will have the last word, whether we heed her or not. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Averting Spiritual Extinction
Friday, 10 March 2006, 1:10 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
It’s chilly, partly cloudy, and thought-stoppingly beautiful in the parkland. The creek rages by like a wild green animal. Though the mind falls silent without too much difficulty on such a day, one wonders, is thought-consciousness just too deeply ... More >>
Meditations: Requiem for the Post-Cold War Order
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 3:16 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
You couldn’t make this stuff up. George Bush, who invokes 9/11 ad nauseam to stoke primal fears of Arab “lurkers” whenever his policies come under attack, has been hoisted on his own petard by a mishandled port leasing deal with the United Arab ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: The ‘Riddle of Man’
Friday, 24 February 2006, 11:20 am | 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 >>
Meditations: Cartoons and Human Consciousness (II)
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 1:12 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Western and Asian governments, and now even the government of Iran, are calling for an end to weeks of violent protests over cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed. Can they contain the chaos, or is the 'clash of civilizations' gone beyond the old ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Death and the Big Bang
Friday, 17 February 2006, 11:22 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The hillsides and banks of the streams are at their greenest now, just before spring in the valley. A few trees are already in bloom, and the first smells of spring are in the air. More >>
Meditations: Cartoons and Collective Consciousness
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 12:25 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The last yellow light of an opaque afternoon sun reflects off the massive slabs of volcanic stone that form the sheer sides of the little canyon within the big canyon of Upper Park. More >>
Meditations - Crossing the Border
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 6:49 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Crossing the border from America into Mexico viscerally brings home the differences that human cultures contain, as well as the essential sameness of ‘human nature.’ More >>
Martin LeFevre: We Are Not At War
Monday, 16 January 2006, 11:54 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Let’s step back for a minute during this first month of the New Year, and examine the Bush Administration’s ‘evolving’ rationale for the invasion of Iraq, as well as the crumbling ideology supporting “the war against terror.” What makes them a ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: What Kind of Revolution?
Monday, 9 January 2006, 3:03 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
From inside, the day is uniformly gray and dreary, as another in a long series of storms off the Pacific discharges rain and wind on California. But on the patio, after a few minutes of sensitive observation, one notices a variation from east to ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Cybermind or Awakened Mind?
Monday, 9 January 2006, 3:01 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Neuroscientists and cutting edge computer developers are in the first stages of building a “bridge between flesh and chip.” Chillingly, promoters speak of a “brave new world” of thought-controlled machines--in the opposite way that Aldous Huxley used the term! ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Reflections on the Tsunami
Wednesday, 28 December 2005, 3:19 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed two hundred thousand people struck a year ago today. Triggered by a 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, few saw it coming. The ancient Jarawa tribe was the only group in the region not to suffer any ... More >>
Meditations: A Tale of Torture
Friday, 16 December 2005, 4:20 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Some years ago I met an Argentine man who had been arrested during the 'Dirty War' in the 1970's and was slated to be tortured. His story is the most graphic example of the wrongful use of thought, as well as the potential for transcending thought, ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: When the State Murders Murderers
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:54 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The United States just executed the 1000th person since the death penalty was reinstated and Gary Gilmore was killed by firing squad on January 17, 1977. Besides the Gulf Wars, no other factor has contributed more to the moral and spiritual decline of ... More >>
