“It has been estimated that at least 10 percent of the world’s fighting forces are under the age of eighteen. Since the time of the Roman and Spartan Empires, children have been molded into combat-ready soldiers, all the way up to the Civil War and later, World War II, which saw the emergence of a […]
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Book Excerpt Of The Week: Part 1- “Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go To War” By: Jimmie Briggs
“Though overshadowed by high-profile fighting in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan, the American Military has maintained a significant presence and role in Columbia for a number of years. In the fall of 2002, the U.S. Congress approved a request from the Bush administration to allow American military aid, previously targeted against the drug trade, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Excerpt Of The Week, “Patti’s Pearls” By: Patti LaBelle
“The ability to live fully in the moment- in the time and place we are right now- is one of the greatest secrets I know of living joyfully. Because once you grasp it, freedom is very close. You stop worrying about the past and stressing out about the future. Enjoying life- not agonizing about what […]
Read the rest of this entry »Definitions Better Than Webster’s: Courage
COURAGE “Courage is not, of course, the absence of fear in the face of danger. The absence of fear under such circumstances would be symptomatic of a mental disorder of one variety or another. Courage, rather, has to do with how one manages fear in the face of danger. Courage, further, is that sensitive, raw […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Excerpt Of The Week: Part 2- “Gifts From A Course In Miracles”
“‘What for?’ This is the question that you must learn to ask in connection with everything. What is the purpose? Whatever it is, it will direct your efforts automatically. When you make a decision of purpose, then, you have made a decision about your future effort; a decision that will remain in effect unless you […]
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“What you must recognize is that when you do not share a thought system, you are weakening it. Those who believe in it therefore perceive this as an attack on them. This is because everyone identifies himself with his thought system, and every thought system centers on what you believe you are.” -From, “Gifts From […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Origins Of The Technique Of Vaccination
“In the early 1700s, as America was being ravaged by smallpox, Onesimus, an African slave who belonged to Cotton Mather, told of a technique, long practiced in Africa, to prevent smallpox by introducing the ‘pus from the ripe pustules’ of a smallpox patient into a small incision on the arm of an uninfected patient. The […]
Read the rest of this entry »Christopher Columbus: “The Globalization of Greed”
I’m reading a book that described Christopher Columbus’s expeditions as, “the globalization of greed.” This description puts into historical perspective the mores and values of present day society. Here’s how the author astutely describes Columbus and his travels: “Columbus had set out from a Europe ravaged by poverty, violence, famine, and the Black Death to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Excerpt Of The Week- Part 2, “What The Bleep Do We Know!?” By: Arntz, Chasse, and Vicente
“I am reminded constantly of Gandhi’s statement, ‘Be the change you want to see in the world.’ For many this is an elusive idea. The notion that somehow me changing is going to affect the rest of reality seems well…like a sweet idea. But when you look at the work that Radin, Sheldrake, Hagelin or […]
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“In the 60’s we all talked about the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). And while that is still quite an operative force, quietly and steadily over the years it has been supplanted by the Entertainment Industrial Complex (EIC). This impacts everyone’s life moment by moment a hundred times more than the MIC. You see, the EIC […]
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