How do you go from observations, events, reactions in your life to knowledge?   How do you make most of your decisions that set your course in your life?  It is not as obvious as you think it is.  If you are an average human or even an extraordinary one, you believe a lot of stories that do not have much substance.

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Developing your own set of values is a lifetime effort of learning from your actions, observing the impact you have on the world and then making constant course corrections.

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Conspiracy theories have some truth in them.   Enough truth that if you don't break them into pieces and think about them, if you don't go get some facts, and if you are not willing to say you just don't know how to make sense out of something, then you are a prime candidate to be taken in by a conspiracy theory.  

And last of all, you don't have to reject the entire conspiracy theory.  Listen to what is being said and don't be afraid to agree with some of his arguments.   You are free to accept some arguments and still reject his conclusions.

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What is Kamala Harris's passion?

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I grew up in El Paso among the Hispanics.   I have always admired their culture and I have long watched "us white folks" discriminate against them.  But, I would just like to shot out, Hispanic Lives Matter.

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How is blame incompatible with compassion?  How is the need to be right counter-productive in bringing our world to a more kind and compassionate place?  Do you want to make the world a better place?

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I am grateful to you that has taken your time to listen to my words.  May I say something of value to make you think and grow.

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Nuclear Weapons: 

The potential to wipe all or a substantial number of people off the plant with nuclear weapons is real.  The system in place to ensure nuclear weapons are not launched is nonexistent.  Those with nuclear weapons promised the rest of the nations they would disarm, yet we are in a new 3 trillion dollar nuclear race.   My view is that we should work hard toward eliminating all nuclear weapons; this should be our top priority as a human species. 

Global Warming:

Global warming from burning fossil fuels is a serious threat to future generations.  The only technology we have to replace the energy generated by fossil fuels in nuclear, either Bill Gates reactor or Thorium Reactors.  If we are serious about global warming we need to get serious about nuclear energy.  

Military-Industrial Complex MIC

We need to reduce the resources we devote to the MIC to have the resources to solve our other social and economic challenges.   We need to restrict our MIC spending to be no more than a set percentage of our GDP and/or some multiplier of what others spend, say 3X what China spends.  We need to unload our job of being Police of the Globe to others and focus on creating a good defensive military.

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What does it mean to grow up spiritually? I discuss what Pima Chodron from "When Things Fall Apart" has to say on this subject and give examples from my own life of small steps I have taken to grow up.

Namaste,

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If America is the hero, and China is the villain, what is America's fatal flaw?