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Power

To lose your legs or your eyes or your ears but still remain uncowed, high spirited, and cheerful: this is true power, an exalted siddhi.

Low Opinion of Humanity

Why is there such a generally low opinion of humanity? Pyramids were created by aliens, the moon landing was a hoax: these and many other beliefs express nothing but a low opinion of human possibility. We live in an age of unparalleled human material creation beyond...

Student, Teacher, Peers

The teacher and the student must have similar levels of commitment to the process. A dedicated teacher and a negligent student, or a dedicated student and a negligent teacher must not come together. If the student won’t pursue his studies, he only deserves a...

50 years ago

It’s been 50 years since I fractured my skull, lost my left eye, and lost my smile to mid sagittal paralysis. I noticed because I see people smiling, confident that their smile is pleasing to others. While my smile feels like a sinister commentary or a...

July 4, 2024 12:59 EDT

July 4, 2024 12:59 EDT Starting with the Declaration of Independence, our government was born from the leading intellectual ideas of its time. It wasn’t some anti-intellectual backwater that so many are so determined to turn it...