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Egotistical, polysyllabic, multi-metaphoric obsfucation

Egotistical, polysyllabic, multi-metaphoric obsfucation (EPMO) occurs when a diminished and damaged ego uses unnecessary linguistic or metaphoric puffery to convey to others that it is superior in some way, or that it understands something that it does not. You often find EPMO in literary, academic, and/or intellectual circles. Linguistic EPMO is more common than metaphoric [...]

December 24, 2008 Musings 1 Comment

The Hollywood Blasphemy

Blasphemy – the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God Alright. I know. Blasphemy is a big word. It’s the kind word that stops you.

December 24, 2008 Hollywood 0 Comments

Confronting our Immortality

So, recently my wife and I had a conversation with a wife and her man. It was a fascinating conversation that broached several topics ranging from entheogens to the nature of reality to the best way to awaken people, and so on. At one point, the conversation even broached the topic of immortality and the [...]

December 21, 2008 Musings 2 Comments

Virtual Light Broadcast

Here’s my most recent on camera interview. Decent overview of the Lightning Path and my approach to spiritual teaching.

December 21, 2008 Interviews 0 Comments

Cosmic Light House Interview

The following is the text from an interview I did for Cosmic Lighthouse (online magazine). It was actually an awesome interview with some of the best questions about my work I’ve ever had. I’m enclosing it here for interest.

December 20, 2008 Interviews 0 Comments

Evolution and Creationism

So I’m bored and browsing the web and I find a little story in the BBC about the rise of creationism. Apparently, more and more people around the world are abandoning science’s account of evolution in favor of a more faith based idea that God created the universe. Wow.

December 19, 2008 Science 5 Comments

What’s wrong with the word “God,” huh?

So recently I had some guy (I assume it’s a guy by the energy of the comment he left) wander over to my site. He looked around for a little while and then posted some dismissive and unsubstantive criticism of the site which, because it was unsubstantive, I pretty much ignored. Still, he did make [...]

December 19, 2008 Musings 0 Comments

The Psychopathology of the New Age

Ok so today, this morning in fact, over on my main site, some young male (I assume it was a young male) posted the following tidbit of spiritual wisdom in response to my article about the compassionless absurdity of a lot of spiritual/religious beliefs. You know the ones I’m talking about. It’s those belief systems [...]

December 18, 2008 Musings 1 Comment