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I’ve never been in a fight 16 Aug 2013 | 09:28 pm
I’ve never been in a fight, but I have been beaten. 7th Grade When I was in 7th grade, I was standing in the courtyard outside school in downtown Tampa with all the other kids waiting for school to ...
Abundance and lack 16 Jul 2013 | 07:10 pm
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the hunger and suffering in this world of true abundance. We have, in this country, an obesity epidemic. In essence, people consume more calories than they burn o...
I used to sleep on the floor 18 Jun 2013 | 05:51 am
In high school, I became enamored with Jack Kerouac’s books and the idea of experiencing suffering as a beautiful part of life. He wrote about giving up his worldly possessions, sharing with others wh...
Littering is peculiar 28 May 2013 | 10:53 pm
Every day on the train ride to work, I look out the window as we pass through north Philadelphia. It’s a rough part of town with neighborhoods in disrepair. And I notice that some of the sidewalks are...
The times they are a chaaaaaangin’ 16 May 2013 | 07:49 pm
I see some of you are unsubscribing en masse. I know the tone has shifted pretty dramatically over here. I welcome your unsubscribes. I totally get it. But I also welcome you to challenge my thinking ...
The truth is everything and nothing 16 May 2013 | 05:50 pm
So imagine matter: made up of atoms, made up of subatomic particles. All swirling and vibrating infinitely and forever. The same raw components combine to form everything. Like this: A tree is a tree....
This is water 15 May 2013 | 03:27 pm
This is what I’m talking about.
Your body is a spaceship 14 May 2013 | 05:10 pm
There is no new matter, no new energy. The matter that is your body has always existed. You know, the whole “we’re all made up of stardust” thing. So what makes “you” you, if it’s not your body? You a...
The power of “prayer” 16 Jan 2013 | 07:01 pm
I heard about a study once where they were testing the power of prayer. Princeton I think. They found that the higher number of people praying led to a more noticeable result (like actual healing). I ...
Time is an illusion 15 Jan 2013 | 07:49 pm
So here's the deal with the end of "time". Sure, it could be the apocalypse. But it could also mean the end of time as we currently understand it. See, time isn't linear. Our two dimensional calendars...
