We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.
- Mahatma Gandhi
May 24
. . . has come and gone
for the eighty-fifth time
. . he’s still on the road
since we were young
entering our ears
through the air waves
gramophone speakers
cassette tapes
then CD’s
now Spotify
his Rough and Rowdy Ways
(39th album)
and his quiet days
in this earthly realm
may soon be over
sad to say
for as we are told
in the Psalms
we are given but threescore and ten
or, if strong, fourscore
then we Cross the Rubicon
to the Great Beyond
. . . How this bard
has enriched our lives
O DEAR . . . ANOTHER ‘70s POP SINGER DROPS OFF THE PERCH
She was only 75. Threescore years and fifteen.
It’s a bloody heartache to see all those memorable 70s artists fall by the wayside due to old age.
Most of the 60s artists are gone, although Bob Dylan is still boxing on at fourscore years and five.
Psalm 90:10: "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of …
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The question is, why throw a glass at his face? What are bodyguards for? I'm very confused.🤬
HAS MODERN “WESTERN CULTURE” LOST TOUCH WITH “THE TRAGIC VISION”?
Intellectual discussion on Australia’s Radio National, over a decade ago.
I think the philosoohy of Stoicism was deeply rooted in The Tragic Vision.
Much wisdom on how to live a meaningful life, when faced with suffering or death, has arisen from the writings of the Roman philosophers Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD) and Marcus Aurelius …
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Notable contemporary Christian theologian, David Tracy, brings theology, philosophy and literature to the argument that to lose the element of tragedy would be to lose something both distinctive and deep in Western culture.
This Australian paper is posted here for convenient reference purposes.
These sentences, extracted from the paper, give an idea as to its general thrust.
". . . . . surrender of Commonwealth and State sovereignty to an Internationalist agenda where public international instruments prevail over national law and, ultimately, over our national sovereignty".
". . . . . ultimate authority in the making of any human law is not the U.N. or the Legislatures but the Law of Nature"
"The author’s …
Hero image: British cavalry charging against Russian forces at Balaclava in 1854 (The Relief of the Light Brigade / Public Domain)
The Book
Title: Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Stephen Howe
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
Release date: Jun 8, 2021
ISBN: 9781666114287
Web source: Everand
Stephen Howe interprets the meaning of the idea of "empire" through the ages, disentangling the multiple uses and abuses of the labels "empire" and "colonialism," etc., and examines the aftermath of …
IT DOES NOT SEEM REASONABLE to describe the young man who shot twenty children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 as a religious person. This is equally true for the Colorado theater gunman and the Columbine High School killers. As one of the members of the Columbine duo wrote: (108)
The human race isn’t worth fighting for, only worth killing. Give the Earth back to the animals. They deserve it infinitely more than we do. Nothing means …
Above hero image: David Kilcullen (left) and Clinton Fernandez (right)
David Kilcullen (born 1967) is the subject of the story here. He was chief strategist in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. State Department, from 2005 to 2006. He's certainly no lightweight. He's been a member of the US deep state, yet still appears to be an independent thinker, or so it seems. He came out as highly critical of the decision to invade Iraq, saying "There undeniably would be …
My first port of call for research into new Australian legislation was DeepSeek. This legislation was announced today March 6, 2026. It defines the Muslim religious group Hizb ut-Tahrir as a "prohibited hate group".
Hero image: this is a screenshot of Seven National News TV announcement today.
QUESTION
Can you tell me about new laws passed in Australia yesterday than ban a particular Islamic religious group?
ANSWER from DeepSeek
Note: italics or bold in the cut & paste answers has been …
