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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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It’s Being Called An “Angry Fire”
Monday, 29 July 2024, 11:58 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
For the earth, that man’s blight will not be halted, that even the wilderness burning north toward the Oregon border provides no sanctuary for animals or human beings, and this is the future. More >>
The Pervasiveness Of Inward Deadness Is Not The Result Of “The Deadening Effect Of The Super-Rich”
Friday, 26 July 2024, 1:22 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
We, those who still care about the viability of the earth and the future of humanity, have to look deeper than boilerplate thinking on the left. More >>
Patriotism Vs. Nationalism Is A Distinction Without A Difference
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 12:22 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Is there a difference between patriotism and nationalism? Can you love your country without identifying with it? When does love of one’s country become hatred of humanity? More >>
The Sovereignty Of The Earth And Humanity
Friday, 19 July 2024, 11:09 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
When even a small minority of human beings ignites insight through self-knowing, there will be a revolution in human consciousness as a whole that changes the disastrous course of man. More >>
Is Cognitive Decline Inevitable?
Friday, 12 July 2024, 12:14 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Cognitive decline is a deeply personal issue, and the only person who can convince Joe Biden to bow out gracefully for the sake of the nation and world is Jill Biden. More >>
Struggling Toward Consciousness
Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 11:29 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Intelligence is not a function of thought and knowledge at all, human or artificial. Its wellspring is the direct perception of beauty, which flows from undirected attention and effortless stillness. More >>
A Day Of Contrasts Between Darkness And Light
Friday, 5 July 2024, 12:24 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
We have to look a lot deeper than “the battle between those who want to fix what is broken and those who want to keep breaking.” More >>
Can A New Foundation Be Poured Before The Complete Collapse Of The International Order?
Monday, 1 July 2024, 11:21 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
In short, the spiritual, philosophical and political foundation has to be poured before a collapse occurs to change course when it does. More >>
Man Is Dead; What Is The Way Ahead?
Friday, 28 June 2024, 10:22 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Is Buddhism as far removed from what Siddhartha lived and taught as Christianity has become from what Jesus lived and taught? Buddhism is a godless religion with which I have much sympathy, but little simpatico. I’m not using the word godless ... More >>
Explorations Beyond Time
Monday, 24 June 2024, 11:43 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
So is time what keeps us from experiencing the beauty and sublimity of life, including the truth of death while fully alive, much to our detriment and decay? More >>
Attention Is Enough
Friday, 21 June 2024, 11:26 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Mystical experiencing cannot be contextualized within any given religion, tradition or culture. Its essence is ending the domination of conditioning and belief systems within, and the opening of the mind and heart to inviolability beyond any and all ... More >>
Civil Disobedience Is Necessary But Not Sufficient
Monday, 17 June 2024, 11:11 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Let’s not waste our energy and time on the inwardly dead, much less on breaking windows, when we need to ignite a psychological revolution within ourselves. More >>
The Observer Is The Habit Of Separation
Friday, 14 June 2024, 11:54 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
With sufficient unguided attention, the infinite regression of the observer ends, and then time ends. More >>
Collective Darkness, The Undivided Individual, And The Whole Of Humanity
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 11:22 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Quieting and emptying the content of consciousness is what we must do alone; questioning and igniting insight is what we must do together. More >>
The Continuity From Ancient Extinctions To Current Genocides
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 10:41 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The short steps from ancient human extinctions to modern genocides. More >>
The Question
Friday, 31 May 2024, 11:54 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
What is the foundation for our action in the world? More >>
Set Aside Knowledge, And Negate Experience
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 12:44 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Relationship with nature only occurs in the newness of the present moment, when knowledge is set aside and the known falls away. More >>
Are There Two Or Three Movements In Human Life?
Monday, 20 May 2024, 1:02 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Since ancient times, it’s been said, “Man is the measure of all things.” In truth, the measurer of all things is man. Nevertheless, is there an immeasurable spiritual reality beyond the human mind? To a contemplative, a belief in God or a ... More >>
The True Challenge Of Artificial Thought
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 9:42 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
AI will escape human control unless an entirely new paradigm, flowing from deepening insight into the operation of symbolic thought within us, takes precedence. Humans simply will be no match for the artificial thought we have made in our own image. More >>
The Climate Crisis Is The Crisis Of Man’s Consciousness Within Us
Monday, 13 May 2024, 2:12 pm | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
The decimation of the viability and diversity of the earth is both a manifestation and mirror of the crisis of man’s consciousness. More >>
