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Meditations (Politics): Prepare for Bush
Thursday, 14 October 2004, 12:51 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
America lost its soul with the first Gulf War under George the First, and thereupon took over the mantle of ''evil empire'' from the Soviet Union. Now, because a sufficient minority of Americans hasn’t acknowledged the death of this nation’s soul, George ... More >>
Meditations (Politics): Beyond the US/UN
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 12:32 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Can the United Nations be salvaged and radically reformed into the genuine institution of global governance that the global society so urgently needs? More >>
When Love of Country Means Hatred of Humanity
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 2:38 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Now that the re-election of George W. Bush seems certain (God help us!), the question becomes, will the rest of the world be able to meet the danger America now poses to humanity? More >>
Martin LeFevre: An Abyss of Human Feeling
Friday, 24 September 2004, 8:20 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A piece of music can bring forth the deepest emotions within one; powerful feelings that you didn’t even know were there. I had intended to write a completely different piece, but then I listened to Beethoven’s string quartet, Opus 130. More >>
Meditations: Addressing Evolution’s Error
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 12:13 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a paleontologist and Jesuit priest who believed humankind represents a milestone in an ascending evolution of all life. His work is a touchstone for thinkers on the meaning and future of humanity. Rarely has a thinker been so ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: The World Turned Upside Down
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 10:44 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Meditation, to my mind, does not begin until I die to everything: problems, self-concern, and questions--the entirety of the past. Can the psychological death that occurs within one during meditation be the baseline of daily life? More >>
Martin LeFevre: Pray for Kerry, Prepare for Bush
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 12:28 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
After listening to and talking with various Americans in recent weeks, I’m almost certain George Bush will remain (egad!) in power. Since the future of humanity hangs in the balance, can anything be done to prepare for four more years of international ... More >>
Meditations (Spirituality): Own Your Own Darkness
Monday, 23 August 2004, 9:45 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
This is the third in a series of columns on the deepest and most timeless questions facing the human being. In the first I examined God, nature, and religion; in the second I explored human consciousness in the cosmos. In this piece I will investigate ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Crisis of Consciousness
Wednesday, 18 August 2004, 10:37 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
In my last column, I inquired into the existence of a sacredness beyond thought, and proposed that if a person is self-knowing, and really does the work of passively observing thought into stillness, there is an awareness of energies which words like ... More >>
Meditations: An Inquiry Into God, Nature, Religion
Thursday, 12 August 2004, 12:38 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
One of the most difficult questions for me as a contemplative is this: Can the gap between nature-loving religiosity and church-going faith be bridged? More >>
Meditations: Texts, Traditions, And Tyrants
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 9:52 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The Democratic Convention in the U.S. was a hoot. Not since the ancient Egyptians imbued their pharaohs with the mythic power of bulls, has a would-be leader been cloaked in such symbols conveying strength. More >>
Meditations (Politics): Resign, Kofi Annan
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 1:26 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A nation’s moral authority is inversely proportional to its dependence on military power. Nowhere is the erosion of America’s stature under the militaristic Bush Doctrine more clear than with US/UN ineffectuality in dealing with the genocide in Sudan. More >>
Meditations: Bringing Meditation Home
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 7:22 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Like most places, this town in northern California is growing too rapidly and chaotically. Though it’s still often quiet where I live, increasingly the din from nearby roads intrudes, bringing the continuous roar of the machine into the backyard. More >>
Meditations: The False Hope of Kerry-Edwards
Friday, 9 July 2004, 3:36 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
John Edwards beams before a press mob literally falling over themselves as he exits his Washington residence to enter the arena as John Kerry’s vice-presidential running mate. The ambitious, charismatic man from North Carolina, the embodiment of American ... More >>
Awakening Individual And Social Intelligence
Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 12:19 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
It’s late morning, a typically hot summer morning inland in California. But a fine breeze blows through the brown hills, and it takes the edge off the heat, making the hike enjoyable. More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Death Throes of Nationalism
Friday, 18 June 2004, 1:41 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The scene this week of Bill Clinton having a rollicking good time with George Bush at the White House during the unveiling of Clinton’s presidential portrait was hard to take. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Toddlers In The Stream
Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 12:31 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Looking up from the rippling waters of the creek, in the deep emerald shade of oaks and sycamores, my eyes hold fast to a single streamside plant. More >>
Meditations: The Reaganite Myth & Mania in America
Friday, 11 June 2004, 2:01 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
For days, CNN has been doing a riff on the Reagan legacy with an intended pun and unintended irony that reflects the pervasive deadness in these United States. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Architecture for Global Governance
Friday, 4 June 2004, 11:08 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A friend in East Africa, living in an area where he has difficulty receiving regular news reports (perhaps an advantage), writes asking an interesting question about the relationship between the UN and the US. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Unmediated Perception
Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 12:20 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
One of my sitting places is under a great sycamore on the banks of a small stream in the middle of expansive fields, with a view of the canyon and hills beyond town. More >>
