What if without spirit you are just a thing? An object in a world of objects? When I first read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, I didn’t know what to think. That was almost 11 years ago. And today it hit me: he was pitting people with the spirit working in them against people, the masses, … Continue reading "What if without spirit you are just an object?"

What Is The Mindset That Activates The Light? Why Being A SecondHander Is A Real Deactivator Of The Light? When I say ‘The Light’ I mean inside and outside. The inner Light is the spirit… the outer light? is there anything outer, or your access to the Light is entirely from within? I don’t know. … Continue reading "What Is The Mindset That Activates The Light?"

I never cheated in school. Never made a cheat sheet. I just prepared. The one time I didn’t… I skipped school that day. It was in 1964. I remember it because it was the one time. Never happened again. OK, I didn’t say that so you can now hate me. I just did what was … Continue reading "There is no gene for the human spirit?! There is, I say!"

One of my students is working on creating a cheat sheet for people who have difficulties in life. Why a cheat sheet? Because when you have difficulties in life you find it hard to even think, let alone look at the issue with sober eyes. Without emotions. Look at it like a math problem, or … Continue reading "Cheat sheet to conquer your wayward emotions. What?!"

How deep does the rabbit hole go? Helen Keller didn’t become human until she could connect things in reality with words. Does this mean that Adam and Eve weren’t human until they began naming the flora and the fauna of the garden? Yes. Humanness is to put word between the thing and conscious awareness… There … Continue reading "Can you see without words? Can you love without words?"

The title sounds like the beginning of a a joke, like how many philosophers does it need to change a lightbulb? Four; one to change the light-bulb and three to say ‘Yes, Socrates,’ ‘Well done, Socrates,’ ‘Good job, Socrates.’ Funny as hell… but not exactly what I wanted to do… although that joke talks to … Continue reading "How many people it takes to turn H.Sapiens into Human Being?"

I used to know this guy, a chiropractor, who had a son with a wife he divorced. He charged little for his sessions, made all his money in cash, all to avoid paying child support. He could not stand the idea that much of his work went to his ex wife. When the boy was … Continue reading "If you get successful you’ll have to give back? Why? What?"

I have something to say in the matter… but what can I say? Back in 1986 it was revolutionary. Closed circuit TV across the world. Werner Erhard had his Saturday seminars. I lived in New Jersey at the time, but the audience was in many cities in the US, in Australia, and maybe in Europe… … Continue reading "I have something to say in the matter. But what do I say?"

How do you know, how can you tell what is your attitude? I have always wondered where good acting comes from… acting that almost no American actor does well… almost, I said. But where do the attitudes that give the foundation of a scene originate. But this morning I got really lucky. I saw a … Continue reading "Can you pinpoint your attitude with 100% certainty?"

Let’s see if you have a sense of humor? If you don’t… stop here and go darken someone’s day Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. ~ Woody Allen When I first came to the United States in late September of 1985, my trip was paid by a lawyer somewhere on the … Continue reading "How I learn and other stories you can learn from"