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Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Nov 6, 2009	Pro-life or pro-choice?
We need no law to ban abortion! Franklin Johnston Abortion is a tragedy, for the father-to-be, expectant mother and all concerned. There is also anguish in the removal of a womb, ovary, testicle; surgery which kills human life as sperm, ovum and at times even the...... [view]

Posted By: silvanasono Posted On: Oct 30, 2009	Spiritual Revolution
I think that everyone would like to have a perfect and enjoyable world, living in peace and joy everywhere and with everybody, but if we have a glance around us, it looks like things are not exactly going in this way. Why? Why any effort of every good willed person resolves like a drop in the...... [view]

Posted By: ablot Posted On: Oct 23, 2009	Change the World - Cut Your Toenails!
Is this a trite joke? Am I trying to be clever? Do I really believe that by cutting my toenails I will actually change the world!!? Well, my first answer is "no", my second "no", and my third a resounding "YES!" At the same time I am not saying that ONLY cutting my toenails will...... [view]

Posted By: ablot Posted On: Oct 22, 2009	Change the world ... DO NOTHING!!!
Although I believe in the "butterfly wing-beat theory" I prefer to try and "do" something to change this beautiful but terrible world by showing my pictures to people. My mentor, Meister Eckhart - a 14th century philosopher and mystic, taught that the world could be totally changed by "being"...... [view]

Posted By: tg0000tg Posted On: Aug 29, 2009	[Special--2] THE end OF our THINKING capability
Does the thinking capability perish at death? Or, on the contrary, does it survive the dead physical body? We have by now settled on the fact that thinking originated independently from the physical body. Therefore, it appears to be eternal (as opposed to the perishable body) and would never...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: May 26, 2009	Nothing can be improvised in Haiti
Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) FIVE days ago I read a press report stating that Ban Ki-moon is to appoint Bill Clinton as his special envoy for Haiti. According to the report, Clinton accompanied the secretary general on a two-day official visit to Haiti...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: May 6, 2009	Giving everything
Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) ON May Day, still under the impression of the parade, the colors of our flag, today a symbol in the eyes of the world, and the youthful, intelligent and enthusiastic faces of our students, who closed the parade of that overflowing...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Apr 26, 2009	When Politics Disappoints, the Young Turn to Allen Ginsberg
By Marlene Nadle: Chasing the ghost of Allen Ginsberg takes a lot more energy than following his mentor Walt Whitman. Whitman just loafed and leaned observing life. Ginsberg danced and chanted his way around the world. His bass voice in full throb, his brass finger cymbals always handy,...... [view]

Posted By: Kumhianoa Posted On: Apr 9, 2009	Injustice and Inequality: Spirituality for the Ages
my friends across this beautiful community, i begin my journey amongst you amazing folk with a few simple words about my mission amongst you, and my belief in each of your missions, whomever you may be. my first thought in consideration of human rights and equity falls to henry david thoreau,...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Apr 8, 2009	Meeting with Barbara Lee and other members of the Black Caucus
Reflections of Fidel THE morning was stormy, humid, cold. A strong wind was blowing and the sky was clouded. It was not a spring day, or warm. Barbara wanted to visit the ELAM [Latin American School of Medicine], where 114 young people from the United States are studying...... [view]