Crucial Links to the Eyes, Bones, and Mind
The eye is the most fascinating organ in the human body.In literature, one of the most famous books of the 20th century and beyond focuses on vision: 1984, with Big Brother always watching you.
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Kenneth Francis
Reflections on the ‘Brave New World’ of Farming
Unfortunately, we’ve come a long way from those Halcyon laidback hazy days of the sitcom TV classic, Green AcresWhen it comes to farming, the Dutch government has decided nitrogen is the devil that plagues the Netherlands, but the UK government is fighting a war against its own Beelzebub which takes shape in the form of methane.
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Does the ‘Mind Have its Own Place’?
And does Trump’s Mind Matter When He Echos “Paradise Lost”?Let us not forget that the Founding Fathers of the US Constitution all read, and were probably influenced, by Milton’s poem.
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Demons from the Id
One such strange condition of mental turmoil is schizophrenia.A retired psychotherapist from Arizona who spent some 40 years working in hospitals and prisons with schizophrenic patients, was quite disturbed when his analysis of some patients pointed to the supernatural.
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Agnosticism, Appearance, and Reality
Regarding God, the evidence for fact and truth on creation and morality is everywherePeople can be agnostic on many things, such as historical events, like the authenticity of the moon landings, who shot JFK, or even the existence of the external world.
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Is Berkeley’s Universe a Spiritual Hologram
Berkeley looks from within as his starting point.For Berkeley, God is the basis for improving one’s life, not damaging it, and a common-sense view of life is the best path to achieving such a goal.
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AI and the “Accursed Flower”
If AI ever gets too big for its algorithmic boots, God might ‘Tower-of-Babel’ it.Whatever the AI pros and cons for or against human flourishing, never forget that the universe has a moral order.
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How The Mind Perceives the External world
On first sight, we would see a person immediately in a phenomenological way and not scientifically.Phenomenologically, our primary truths and experiences, if functioning properly, are sufficient to tell us all we need to know about an action, event or object.
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Dreams Remain a Mystery
The uncanny thing about dreams is the landscape or surroundings one perceives.The Bible has many references to dreams. But what are these mysterious thoughts that occupy our minds as we sleep?
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Do Spiders Dream of Arachnology Professors?
How did the spider know that the mirror on my car would attract its prey during daytime hours?But webs aside, consider the other strange, sometimes ingenious, tiny creatures/organisms, like a colony of termites, that produce astonishing land structures.
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The Aesthetics of Imperfection and Decay
A lament for beauty in an age that no longer sees itBut there is something beautiful about the imperfection of certain objects, architecture, and in the Arts, especially old buildings, films, paintings, and music.
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