We are all concerned about the future, but dealing with it presents difficulties. Predictions are generally fuzzy and non-specific and it can be difficult to know exactly what to do with them. There is also a larger issue – we avoid making changes until we have to. Since the future is on the horizon and doesn’t present usRead more
Societal Issues
The End of Days I
Although it only erupts in limited locales today, a great global conflict is taking place between capitalism and socialism. It is not discussed in these terms, it is being positioned as a religious conflict between Christianity and Islam (and Judaism), but that is just political spin doctoring. The real conflict is about greed versus community and whether spiritualityRead more
The End of Days II
Five thousand years ago the Hindus predicted that around the year 2,000 A.D. an end would come the age of Kaliki Yoga (The Age of Darkness or The Iron Age) and the Kalki Avatar would usher in the age of Krta Yuga – the Golden Age. Similarly, 5,260 years ago the Mayans predicted the end of the 5thRead more
The Age of Compassion
Things are always changing, society’s pot is always bubbling. Sometimes it bubbles more than others, but the pot is always cooking. The direction, over the long term, is clear. We are moving towards greater individual freedom and compassion and away from the tyranny and oppression that have dogged humankind for centuries. It is rarely an easy process andRead more
The Quiet Revolution
An anthropologist proposed a game to a group of African children. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told them that whoever got there first would win the sweet fruits. When he told them to run, instead of charging to the goal as Western children would have, running individually, they all took each othersRead more