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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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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 >>
What Nurtures Spiritual Development In Children?
Friday, 13 February 2026, 12:17 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Children can no longer be socialized by moral systems not to be greedy. Besides, greed, like egoism, takes innumerable forms and cannot be suppressed. More >>
Is The Human Crisis External Or Internal? Ending The Need For Enemies
Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 11:30 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Meditating in nature doesn’t lead to worshipping nature, but to experiencing the undeniable actuality of beauty and essence. More >>
Illuminating The Nature And Operation Of Evil
Monday, 9 February 2026, 1:33 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
By undividedly observing, questioning and remaining with the darkness within oneself, one is constantly learning, and that turns the tables on evil. More >>
Macro And Cosmic Insights Have Become Urgent And Practical
Saturday, 7 February 2026, 3:27 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Without a psychological revolution, the momentum of egotism and fragmentation will continue to multiply and overwhelm the policies and plans of governments. More >>
Hard-Hitting Criticism Of The Left Is Not Contributing To Fascism
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 9:16 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Continuing to think and act in terms of the old paradigm, as progressives are ideologically committed to doing, impedes the radical changes that they accuse reactionary centrists of hindering. More >>
AI And Dying To Thought And Self
Tuesday, 3 February 2026, 10:00 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
AI, and especially AGI if it becomes a real thing, is an “accelerated” version of the intellect. Which means that human pride and arrogance based on cognitive dominance is being replaced by enhanced replications of higher thought. More >>
Nihilism Is Death. Leave The Stream
Saturday, 31 January 2026, 3:46 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Can the human brain, caught for untold millennia in fragmenting consciousness that's destroying the earth and humanity, leave the stream of man's dead consciousness and free itself at last? More >>
From Chimps Committing Genocide In Gombe To Humans Committing Genocide In Gaza
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 11:28 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Many scientists and science writers are bent on blurring the line between humans and nature in a misbegotten attempt to prove that we aren’t actually separate from nature. More >>
Through The Fog Of Chaos And War, Is A New World Waiting To Be Born?
Monday, 26 January 2026, 12:26 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
To mix a metaphor, China is fishing for countries in the dead zone of the international order for middle and little countries. And European nations (acting separately from the EU), are taking the bait. More >>
Let’s Stop Grasping At Straws
Friday, 23 January 2026, 2:14 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
By all means EU leaders should think on Carney’s speech, but meditate on it? That’s a category error. And who cares about EU leaders except Europeans, and from what I gather, not even them? More >>
Let Your Awareness Be As Quick As A Hummingbird’s Wings
Thursday, 22 January 2026, 11:27 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
As it grew dark, a hummingbird took its last long drink at the feeder. There was non-personal affection for it, for the last light upon the land, and for all the things of the earth, even man. More >>
