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Triumph of the capitalist neocon.
The two decades since 9/11 have witnessed the radicalization of American politics to a remarkable degree. The two political parties have slid to the far right in a mutual embrace of militarized corporatism promoting forever wars. At the same time … Continue reading
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What is politics?
Avatar Meher Baba famously said, “stay out of politics”. It’s not at all clear exactly what he meant by this, and there are divergent explanations. One comment by him on the utter insincerity of party politics- that it becomes impossible … Continue reading
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The Most Successfully Propagandized Nation On Earth
America has long believed that it is the greatest country on earth, and that it enjoys a divine favor and guidance like no other country on earth. This is summed up in the phrase, American exceptionalism. All this, despite the … Continue reading
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The spirit of social justice does not come from the law
The spirit of social justice does not come from the law. It comes from the love of truth and beauty. The genuine- and I mean genuine, regard for the Prophets and their message of love is the greatest impetus for … Continue reading
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Divine phallus vs. rocket/ missile
The Shiva lingam is the ancient Indian representation of God’s creativity. It is the basis for Shaivite religious worship. It represents Shiva’s divine dick. Now, this is not at all embarrassing to the Indian spiritual mind. God, of course, must … Continue reading
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The Kali Yuga Is The End Of Nature
The Kali Yuga, the last of the four cosmological cyclic ages, represents the end of Nature. In the ancient Greek telling, the Ages devolve from Gold to Silver to Bronze to Iron. The Kali Yuga is the Iron Age, the … Continue reading
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A Congress of Eichmans
Hannah Arendt made the phrase “banality of evil” famous- and infamous. When she reported on Eichman’s trial in Israel in 1961 with serialized installments to the New Yorker, not everyone was happy with her reporting. Zionists especially were incensed that … Continue reading
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Baba, Bhau and Mahapralaya
Meher Baba included in his Discourses an entry on mahapralaya: “The Mahapralaya of the world may be compared with the sleep of a man. Just as the varied world of experience completely disappears for the man who is in deep … Continue reading
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The How and Why of American Fascism
American fascism is its very own brand. It is distinct from the European fascism of the 1930’s and ’40’s. The reluctance to call it for what it is lies in the reluctance to clearly understand American history and to account … Continue reading
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The Loss Of Primordial Integrity
The problem with our present Age is that it has lost all bearings. Our Machine Age, aka the fag end of the Kali Yuga, is so infatuated with the idea of Progress that it has obliterated all reference to what … Continue reading
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