Networks

The concept of individual identity – as separated from a “God-consciousness” outside of us – has never made sense to me. Nature teaches us that everything exists in networks: all material existence, be it organic (humans, animals, plants) or inorganic (minerals, energies like fire, water, etc) consist of networks of particles or waves. All changes…

Giving and Gifting

The other day, I invited a friend to lunch. She felt uncomfortable and said: I don’t have anything to give back to you, I’m pretty broke. It hit me that the way we grew up, GIVING is not GIFTING. Giving is mostly offering a deal: you exchange favors, services and goods. This is not giving. When…

Basic Thoughts

-All material life forms on earth are created by a cosmic consciousness as a physical mirror of itself in order to gain a sensual, emotional consciousness of itself. -No experience/knowledge collected by any existent entity on earth, be it human, animal, plant life or any mineral existence during any life time is ever lost or…

Thoughts about Numbers

Humans always seem to need “reference points”: the year in which they were born, and their height and weight. They want to know where it all starts and ends. To define the point “zero” in year, temperature, longitude, etc… But how do you determine the beginning of a circle? Where is the point zero on…

Celebrity

Our world seems in the grips of a strange personality cult: it used to be kings and queens – now it’s all about movie and rock stars called “celebrities”. We constantly hear of their escapades and are supposed to care about their daily drama. While in previous decades there were at least some iconic personalities in…

Living on Remote Control

In our society, every person is supposed to operate under a strangely assumed “law of purpose”. That means we expect everything to be useful, effective and serving an important purpose – which in turns validates us as “responsible beings”. Not doing anything – or creating anything without purpose strikes us as a “waste of time”,…

On Feeling Limitless

Sometimes when I hear or see a horrible, brutal thing, it usually involves human behavior. I wonder how humans can commit such an act. Thinking about it, I try to look beyond the moral judgments of “bad” and “evil” that limit my perspective while trying to understand the actual motivation behind the act.   In…

Innocence

In the news I heard today about the loss of “innocent life”. It made me think: what is innocence? Are trees innocent that we cut down? Is a cow innocent that we slaughter for food? Are children innocent by their very design, even if they kill classmates? Is there really virtue in innocence (which stems from…