Short stories and advice. Where did you hear it?  What is the source of that information. 1.Dinner party, got a following, so I say there are three levels of communication.  I had read and tried to make sense of R. D. Lange in an earlier life and once imagined these levels while reading how Lange […]

Windowless driving, not like summer and not a convertible.  Breezy.  The guy was a third my age, sorry, but well groomed and said: Maz the Gang? I am not that conscious of my car.  I have several every year, register three or four and sell and buy and fix.  The Mazda 6i I was driving […]

These days partisan pro-science groups argue that science is the proclamation that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old, climate is changing, evolution is fact, vaccines are good, and science itself is under attack.  Such statements show a deep misunderstanding of what science it. Heavy things fall as fast as light things. Solid objects are 99.9999% […]

As I write this I consider myself a Baha’i but the administration of my Faith has every right to include or exclude me from their roles based entirely on their own internal reasons. Nothing I can say or do should influence the decision of the Baha’i Faith as who is or is not a member. […]

The way animals and non-rational humans deal with our surroundings is based upon emotions. There are simple rules: pain, sickness, tiredness, lust, happiness… when we feel these things we act upon them. In a rational world, however, emotions cause us problems. They don’t make sense. My favorite example is when we owe someone. That person […]

Studying languages in college I came across Noam Chomsky’s famous sentence “colorless green ideas sleep furiously”. His point was to show that native speakers of a language can tell whether or not a sentence conforms to rules of grammar regardless of whether or not the sentence has meaning. One of the many inspirations leading to […]

The existence of God is easy to prove, accept and comprehend, as easily as proving the existence of any sort of order in the universe.  The question is what attributes God encompasses. My way of comprehending existence, form, ideas and relationships separates the material from the non-material.  Humanity lives in a non-physical or rational world. The […]

Platonic Forms, metaphysical reality, transcendental, supernatural, “above” nature,  all of these are interpretations.  They are propositions of meaning to help humans understand philosophical and theological assertions.  These are not proven, existent “places” or “worlds” or even words with fixed and specific definitions.  They are rather interpreted meanings of philosopher’s words. My most controversial proposal with […]

Refurbish the plumes on our bird October 2, 2014Philosophy, Rational Existence, Religioncompx2 The prize is spirit, however you define spirit.  We all have different memories, understandings, agendas and influences, but we recognize spirit as referring to the highest, best, and brightest of our aspirations.  We all need more of the spirit in our lives. Keep your eyes […]

Conceptualizing our worlds is Rational Existence.  And of all the concepts we make value is paramount.  Love, encouragement, the comfort of our loved ones, even fame and fortune have value. Depending how deeply we delve into Rational Existence it quickly becomes apparent that encouraging others is one of the easiest, most effective and direct ways […]