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Meditations (Spirituality): The Problem of Evil
Friday, 6 February 2004, 4:54 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Speaking of evil, there is a nice quote that goes: "the greatest achievement of the devil in the modern world is convincing people that he doesn't exist." More >>
The International Order is History - What's Next?
Wednesday, 4 February 2004, 10:51 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
As the international world order, based on the nation-state, continues its slow-motion collapse, much more than another historical transition to another world order is at stake. The ancient organizing principle of coercive power, and even archaic human ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Sacred Canyon and Native Peoples
Tuesday, 27 January 2004, 12:26 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
There is a canyon near here where, if you go with a humble heart and silent mind, you can feel the presence of ancient peoples who experienced the sacredness of the earth and universe, and thereby consecrated the land. More >>
Meditations (Politics): Mirroring the Universe
Thursday, 22 January 2004, 11:37 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Back before video games, heck, even before there was much on TV, adolescent boys imbibed science fiction. I grew up reading such giants of the genre as Ray Bradbury, who gave a hopelessly optimistic view of humankind's place in the universe recently ... More >>
Meditations (Politics): Thinking Together
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 3:11 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
In '' Terrorism Knows no Religion or Region ,'' Kuwait's former Minister of Information, Dr. Saad Al Ajmi, has provided a framework for understanding the extremism that shapes terrorists of all stripes, not just ''Islamic terrorists.'' More >>
Martin LeFevre: Dissolving the Roots of Division
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 2:02 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Descartes was wrong. He should have said: I think, and therefore I am divided. Then perhaps the world would not be so divided between East and West, North and South, Christianity and Islam. More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Sins of the Father, and Son
Monday, 29 December 2003, 3:23 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
After raining all night, the creek was an unrecognizable torrent during a break between storms on Christmas Eve. As I sat at a picnic table overlooking the turbulence, a car drove up on the other side. I had a bad feeling. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Jesus, We Barely Knew Thee
Wednesday, 24 December 2003, 11:05 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Christians believe that Jesus "died for our sins." To my mind, that is nonsense. Jesus died because of people's sins, not for their sins, or ours. More >>
Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere
Tuesday, 23 December 2003, 11:04 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
We humans have a problem with time. Existentially and philosophically, time is both a trap and a mystery. More >>
Meditations (Politics): Evil Trying Evil
Wednesday, 17 December 2003, 11:42 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
It was a hoot to watch the American media salivate over Saddam's capture. Acting as though their militarism and chauvinism have suddenly been vindicated, CNN, NBC, CBS, and ABC anchors could barely contain their macabre glee. More >>
Meditations: What Separates Us from Chimps?
Monday, 15 December 2003, 10:43 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The amusing declarative headline in a prominent California paper read: ''What separates us from chimps.'' Indulging in a tautology, I am tempted to say that what separates us from chimps is separating ourselves from chimps, and everything else. More >>
Meditations (Spiritual): Finding Balance
Friday, 12 December 2003, 12:48 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Perhaps all creative work is an attempt to balance different aspects of one's own nature. For me, that means balancing the contemplative, philosophical, and political dimensions. More >>
Martin LeFevre: What Will It Take To Defeat Bush?
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 1:22 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The thought of another four years of the devil's right hand man as "leader of the free world" is too horrible to contemplate. But can Bush, and what he represents, be defeated? More >>
Meditations: Reflections on Chomsky's Perspective
Friday, 5 December 2003, 3:35 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
There are two parts to Noam Chomsky's latest book, " Hegemony or Survival ." There is the bulk of the book, in which he gives as scathing analysis of American foreign policy. And then there is the tantalizing opening and disappointing conclusion, in ... More >>
Meditations: Consciousness, Revolution & Politics
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 11:02 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
What is the relationship between a revolution in human consciousness and world politics? That is, how would a worldwide psychological revolution manifest in political terms? More >>
Meditations: Dark Matter, Individual & Collective
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 11:05 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A thoughtful, if blunt reader from down under wrote, "We cannot have responsibility for any but our own shit." More >>
Meditations: Protests Flatter Bush's Vanity
Friday, 21 November 2003, 12:27 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
So we've come full circle--the Queen of the old word order toasting the King of the New World Order. With polished insincerity, Queen Elizabeth droned: ''as your father [Bush the First] said, we know what is right; freedom is right.'' More >>
Martin LeFevre: The Pendulum is Broken
Wednesday, 19 November 2003, 11:34 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Ironically, quite a few Americans, but no one outside the U.S., wrote voicing their strong agreement with my last column, regarding the urgent necessity for an overseas campaign to defeat Bush in November 2004 (and implicitly, to provide an alternative ... More >>
Meditations (Politics): Bail Caesar Bush!
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 11:28 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A year from now, on November 4, 2004, the world will hold its first global election. The problem is, only citizens of the United States will get to vote in it. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Continuity Leads to Deadness
Friday, 7 November 2003, 10:47 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
It is a spectacular morning following the first rain of the season. The brown hills are clean and clear, and a bike-ride in the country gives the sense that the hills still enclose the town, whose development is beginning to overrun them. More >>
