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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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Meditations: Cartoons and Collective Consciousness
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 12:25 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The last yellow light of an opaque afternoon sun reflects off the massive slabs of volcanic stone that form the sheer sides of the little canyon within the big canyon of Upper Park. More >>
Meditations - Crossing the Border
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 6:49 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Crossing the border from America into Mexico viscerally brings home the differences that human cultures contain, as well as the essential sameness of ‘human nature.’ More >>
Martin LeFevre: We Are Not At War
Monday, 16 January 2006, 11:54 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Let’s step back for a minute during this first month of the New Year, and examine the Bush Administration’s ‘evolving’ rationale for the invasion of Iraq, as well as the crumbling ideology supporting “the war against terror.” What makes them a ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: What Kind of Revolution?
Monday, 9 January 2006, 3:03 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
From inside, the day is uniformly gray and dreary, as another in a long series of storms off the Pacific discharges rain and wind on California. But on the patio, after a few minutes of sensitive observation, one notices a variation from east to ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Cybermind or Awakened Mind?
Monday, 9 January 2006, 3:01 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Neuroscientists and cutting edge computer developers are in the first stages of building a “bridge between flesh and chip.” Chillingly, promoters speak of a “brave new world” of thought-controlled machines--in the opposite way that Aldous Huxley used the term! ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Reflections on the Tsunami
Wednesday, 28 December 2005, 3:19 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed two hundred thousand people struck a year ago today. Triggered by a 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, few saw it coming. The ancient Jarawa tribe was the only group in the region not to suffer any ... More >>
Meditations: A Tale of Torture
Friday, 16 December 2005, 4:20 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Some years ago I met an Argentine man who had been arrested during the 'Dirty War' in the 1970's and was slated to be tortured. His story is the most graphic example of the wrongful use of thought, as well as the potential for transcending thought, ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: When the State Murders Murderers
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:54 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The United States just executed the 1000th person since the death penalty was reinstated and Gary Gilmore was killed by firing squad on January 17, 1977. Besides the Gulf Wars, no other factor has contributed more to the moral and spiritual decline of ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Back in the USSR
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 1:01 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A professor of mathematics at the local college, who left the Soviet Union just before its dissolution, makes a most scathing indictment of the social and political atmosphere in present-day America. Old enough to remember Khrushchev, he says, “America today ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: A Realm Beyond Sorrow
Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 2:37 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Hawks screech from all directions in the parkland, and birds play raucously and joyfully. Friendliness and joy are also reflected in the faces of many of the people who are using the park for every conceivable activity—walking, running, horseback riding, ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Disturbing Juxtaposition
Friday, 18 November 2005, 11:00 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Autumn is at its peak here in northern California, and I have never seen the parkland more beautiful than it is today. Footpaths are lined with orange and red foliage, and the creek runs clear, strong, and full. More >>
Meditations: Positive Thinking is Negative Acting
Thursday, 10 November 2005, 12:29 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
A local reader wrote to say that she felt my last column , and my writing generally, was quite “dark.” She stated that “our minds will be dark when we think darkly,” and went on to echo one of the most pernicious philosophies America has ever dished ... More >>
Martin LeFevre: Transforming Darkness Within
Friday, 4 November 2005, 11:57 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
There was a time, not so long ago, when there was space for the individual to be different, and to forge a new path in a new place. Now there is physically, and increasingly psychologically, no place left to get away from the madding crowd. More >>
Open Letter to Incoming President of Tanzania
Thursday, 20 October 2005, 11:25 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Dear Hon. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, When people in the North think of Tanzania, most imagine safaris to view big-game animals on the Serengeti plains, or Africa’s highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Many have images of intractable poverty. Some recall Julius ... More >>
LeFevre: Ending Time is the True Fountain of Youth
Monday, 17 October 2005, 11:44 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
As Einstein proved, time is elastic, slowing down as the speed of light is approached. But if that is true of physical time, how much more elastic, and illusory, is psychological time? More >>
Al Gore Explains "America’s Alternate Universe"
Thursday, 13 October 2005, 12:15 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Former Vice-President Al Gore gave a speech recently that ranged from cultural commentary to political philosophy to a prescription for saving American democracy . He covered everything except the real reason he lost to George W. Bush in 2000, and how it relates ... More >>
Terrestrial & Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Friday, 7 October 2005, 4:12 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Have species possessing thought on other planets gone through the same planetary crisis that humankind is now going through? If so, are they aware of our plight, and can they help? More >>
Martin LeFevre: Enquiry is Social Meditation
Monday, 3 October 2005, 1:19 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The word “dialogue” is so overused and misused that it is no longer useful. Too many people mean too many things by the term. I prefer the word ‘enquiry’ (‘inquiry’ being a formal legal investigation). More >>
Attachment and Meditation
Friday, 30 September 2005, 2:42 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Meditation cannot truly begin until the mind/brain lets go of everything. No trick or technique can cause it to do so. Only undivided observation loosens the bonds and ends the grooves of thought. More >>
Martin LeFevre: Omega Point? No, Pi Point!
Friday, 23 September 2005, 10:47 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
As Wikipedia defines it, “the Omega point is a term used by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe the aim towards which consciousness evolves…he held that evolution was a process converging toward a final unity.” But at least where humankind is concerned, ... More >>
