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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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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 >>
Martin LeFevre: A War By Any Other Name
Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 12:44 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Afghanistan has replaced Iraq as America’s main war. That means the mantra of progressives that we ‘took our eye off the ball by invading Iraq’ has come back to haunt us. More >>
Spring, Consciousness, and Transformation
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 2:41 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Big splashes of poppies, lupines, and a half dozen other wildflowers carpet the green slopes in the semi-protected canyon just outside of the city. More >>
AIG: America Is Godforsaken
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 3:00 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
“Bankrupts, hold fast; rather than render back, out with your knives, and cut your trusters’ throats.” - Shakespeare, Timon of Athens More >>
The Religiosity of “Religulous”
Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 11:54 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Bill Maher’s excoriation of organized religion, “Religulous” (first part of the word religion, second part of ridiculous) does not fit easily into any comedic or cinematic category. It is at once scathingly funny, spot on, and disturbingly ... More >>
Pakistani Students, Meet Middle America
Friday, 13 March 2009, 2:45 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Eleven university students from the tribal areas of Pakistan, the furthest reaches of George Bush’s ‘global war on terror,’ were guests of the local college for seven weeks. I had the chance to listen to and talk with them, within limits, about ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Jesus in the Garden
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 11:32 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Even as a child, the story of Jesus sweating blood in the Garden of Gethsemane captured my imagination. And even as a teenager, I doubted the Catholic/Christian version of that event. More >>
Rush Limbaugh In 2012?
Friday, 6 March 2009, 12:11 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The porcine blowhard Rush Limbaugh, dressed and acting like a deranged gangster, gave the keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (C-PAC) on February 28. Rush looked like a latter-day Mussolini, and talked like a man preparing ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Babies and Old Men
Tuesday, 3 March 2009, 10:01 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
After two weeks of inclement weather bringing much-needed rain to California, magnificent masses of cumulus clouds grace every quadrant of the sky. The snow-capped Coastal Range is as clear and spectacular as I’ve ever seen it. More >>
Martin LeFevre: “Day of Reckoning”
Friday, 27 February 2009, 10:32 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Living in America, I have long wondered when life would place limits on a way of life so removed from reality, so dedicated to superficiality, so devoid of meaning. Now I have my answer. More >>
