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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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Martin LeFevre: Campaign, Movement, Or Revolution?
Friday, 15 February 2008, 9:54 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The presidential race in America grows more exciting by the week, at least on the Democratic side. The question is: Does all this excitement spell real change, or does it confirm that hope springs infernal? More >>
Martin LeFevre: America's Spiritual War Zone
Friday, 8 February 2008, 10:58 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Barack Obama, bless his soul, is trying to inject hope into a people that have lost theirs. He will win the presidency if he gains the Democratic nomination, but he won't get the nomination unless Ungrateful Deadheads no longer rule the land. More >>
Martin LeFevre: What Is Illumination?
Monday, 4 February 2008, 2:56 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
As I understand it, illumination occurs when attention remains relatively constant, so that the material of the past does not leach back into the spaces of the mind. Then one lives in a steady state of awareness and insight. More >>
Radical Change, Zeitgeist & Presidential Politics
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 12:33 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
In the ‘90’s, I never understood why the Republicans hated the Clintons so much. Their vituperation and vitriol always struck me as slightly insane. But now, though I have no more sympathy for Republican philosophy or positions, I comprehend their ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Politics of Gender
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 12:11 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
“Women are the culture bearers” used to be a common saying in anthropology. Though the expression now seems quaint, it still contains a lot of truth. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Philosophy of Mind
Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 9:11 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A kestrel is hovering about 200 meters away over the fields. Fluttering over a single spot for 20 seconds or more in search of prey, it tucks its wings back and plummets to the ground in an arc of pure gracefulness. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Kenya And Tribalism's Origins
Thursday, 10 January 2008, 4:29 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Astoundingly, a man named Barack Obama, of Kenyan blood, could become the first person of color elected president of the United States. What is the relationship, if any, between these two, seemingly diametrically opposed movements? More >>
Martin LeFevre: Deconstructing the Obamanon
Monday, 7 January 2008, 4:28 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
There’s a lot of talk about hope going around after Barack Obama’s win in Iowa. If Obama wins in New Hampshire on Tuesday, he said, “I’ll be the next president of the United States.” Hillary, standing next to a devastated Bill, warned voters ... More >>
Humankind at the Edge
Monday, 7 January 2008, 8:42 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Though I had read some of Jeffers poetry when I was young, and was deeply moved by his vision of humanity, much of it is new to me. There is a great deal with which I feel deep congruence, although Jeffers' approach was to diminish humankind. More >>
Buddha, Jesus, and Mohammed at Christmas
Wednesday, 26 December 2007, 10:18 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
At the core of the Christian faith is the idea of “God becoming man in Jesus.” As soon as I became old enough to question my conditioning, I instinctively felt this was an inherent blasphemy. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Two Empires Down, One to Go
Sunday, 23 December 2007, 1:33 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
After being booed and berated for days, the US led coalition of the swilling—Canada, Japan, and Australia—ended its opposition in Bali to launching negotiations on a new pact to fight global warming. "It was exactly what we wanted. We are indeed ... More >>
The Search for Intelligent Life
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 11:03 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Fog enshrouds the town as we enter the mountain community from the valley below. With a few hundred meters more of elevation, the fog clears, though the skies remain cloudy. Reaching the man-made lake, there is a brightening, and even a small patch ... More >>
Karl Rove’s Six Degrees of Obama Separation
Friday, 7 December 2007, 10:57 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Meditations (Spirituality) - From Martin LeFevre in California Karl Rove’s Six Degrees of Obama Separation More >>
Martin LeFevre: Raison d’etre
Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 9:38 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A healthy gray squirrel, fattened for winter on acorns, scrambles up one of the three thin trees that intersect over the stream, stopping 20 feet up to look down in curiosity at me. It continues climbing to the top branches, makes a deft little leap to a dead ... More >>
Local to Global, or Global to Local?
Monday, 3 December 2007, 9:49 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The vast, inchoate vacuum into which we’ve all been thrown doesn’t even have a name. Calling it ‘global’ is like 19th century physicists talking about light propagation in the ‘ether.’ It refers to something everyone takes as a given, ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Awareness Is Action
Monday, 26 November 2007, 2:53 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
It’s an absolutely gorgeous Sunday afternoon, full of light and color and shadow. Many people are in the quarter-mile wide sanctuary of parkland, which follows a substantial creek as it wends through town. Most, whether alone or in small groups, are with ... More >>
Father and Son Presidents--Bookending America
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 1:37 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The picture of octogenarian George the First jumping out of a plane strapped to some schmuck’s back was the shot of the past week. His plummet to earth came the day after Daddy Bush excoriated the critics of poor Georgie, rhetorically asking this ... More >>
What Barack Obama Needs to Hear
Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 9:18 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Barack Obama likes to say, “One of the themes of this campaign is to tell voters what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear.” But what Obama needs to hear is that his presidential campaign is destined to fail unless he begins to ... More >>
Can Science Understand Consciousness?
Monday, 5 November 2007, 12:53 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The study of human consciousness is all the rage in scientific and philosophical circles lately. Only a few years ago people who delved into the questions of consciousness were relegated to the fringe. More >>
The Peace That Passes All Understanding
Saturday, 3 November 2007, 3:07 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
It’s near dusk, and the parkland seems to be full of Cooper’s hawks. At one point on the path, a large, brown, stipple-winged hawk takes off from the path ahead of me with some small animal in its mouth. More >>
