Bird Droppings September 19, 2012 Why would anyone be unworthy of concern?     “I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and believe in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of…

September 18, 2012 Do we not all need a bit more soul?   “Soul is different from spirit; the deep soul is the way we live every day, our longings and our fears.” Thomas Moore               It has been nearly twenty years since I first read a book written by Thomas Moore. I picked…

Bird Droppings September 17, 2012 Can soul be defined and codified?               Over the years I have written about the idea of and or concept of soul many times to the point of using the word at one point in my dissertation title. The word has differing meanings as you discuss with various religious…

Bird Droppings September 15, 2012 What about trying to clear your head?   “The hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” Carl G. Jung               I have been a fan of Jung for some time perhaps as I like his view of having more than simply a black…

Bird Droppings September 14, 2012 Philosophy can be rather interesting   “When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.”Voltaire   Somewhere on my wall is a doctorate in metaphysics among the numerous plaques and degrees scattered about.  I like Voltaire’s idea of metaphysics…

Bird Droppings September 13, 2012 You can wait a moment               Far too often we tend to jump to conclusions and reading the news this morning evidently on an international scale one of the presidential candidates did just that. Rather than waiting to see through the smoke and know what exactly happened took a…

Bird Droppings September 12, 2012 Is there much difference in our perceptions?   “The delineation of the difference between modern (secular) society and traditional (Sacred) societies and their competing views of land and nature helps to explain the persistence of severe conflict between such societies. Unlike secular societies – where land signifies property, property signifies…