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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: The Dimension Beyond Time
Friday, 11 April 2008, 1:51 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A high, thin layer of clouds fills the western sky, blunting the warmth of the sun and giving the land a subtly somber cast. The little stream on the edge of town is now full enough to create a cascade over a step of rocks, as it wends it way along ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Flowering of Humanity
Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 9:59 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Spring is at its zenith in the canyon beyond town. Above the narrow gorge that cuts through the half- mile wide canyon, there is a rocky field covered with orange poppies and blue lupines. Walking through it, there is nothing but that color, and the heart ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Roots of War
Friday, 4 April 2008, 1:20 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A large band of male chimpanzees gathers in a clearing in a reserve in Uganda. They have a common goal, and groom each other with great intensity, communicating through touch the desire of their group mind. Suddenly, on some inscrutable cue, they silently ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Presidential Campaign Blues
Friday, 28 March 2008, 4:35 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Politics is much too serious a business not to have fun doing it. But how long ago three months seem, when the choices were fresh and the races exciting. Now, popping up alongside the flowers of spring, are the same old poisonous fungi of backbiting ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: What Went Wrong Jesus?
Sunday, 23 March 2008, 3:54 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Today is Good Friday, the most solemn day in the Christian calendar. On this day believers commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus, seeing it as the ultimate sacrifice and the fulfilment of his mission. Nothing could be further from the truth. More >>
Regarding Texts, Traditions, and Truth
Thursday, 20 March 2008, 11:05 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
It was the strangest and most beautiful sky I’d ever seen. After witnessing three dramatic changes in weather within an hour, I stood transfixed looking back on the sycamore I sat under. Its white bark gleamed in the bright, setting sun, with an ... More >>
The Dimension Beyond Time
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 1:39 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A high, thin layer of clouds fills the western sky, blunting the warmth of the sun and giving the land a subtly somber cast. The little stream on the edge of town is now full enough to create a cascade over a step of rocks, as it wends it way along ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Bleeding From Flag Pins
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 3:49 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
To the cry, ‘we want our country back!’ thousands flock and dozens faint at Obama rallies, which resemble those huge gatherings of evangelical Christians in football stadiums. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Of Eclipses And Sacred Places
Monday, 25 February 2008, 10:07 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
I sit in the backyard and watch as the terrestrial shadow engulfs our nearest celestial neighbor. In a few more minutes of timeless mystery, the colorless glow is gone. Two nearby stars stand like sentinels over the event, forming a flattened triangle. More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Worst President’s Day
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 9:29 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Today is Presidents’ Day in the USA. George Bush is in Africa on his second trip to the continent. He’s not even making an appearance in neighboring strife-torn Kenya, and he’s ignoring the slaughter in Darfur that his administration labeled ... More >>
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 >>
