The protest song sub-genre came around to my awareness in my early teen years. It was just then transitioning from poignant lyrics/soft folk music as a vehicle to angrier electric guitar rock expressions. The USA battle du jour was the Vietnam War in those days, and most of us, approaching draft (or draft dodger) age saw straight through the pure bull-shite justification reasoning given by the politicians of the day…
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Intimacy Advice, If Cornered
Electromagnetism & Soul Life
What would happen if a contemporary Physics PhD, trained at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore, bucks the establishment a bit and heads West to apply his technical chops to a more phenomenology-style approach to basic Physics research while never losing sight of the sociological, human impacts of what he pursues? Oddly enough, his results veer strongly into the arena of spiritual exercise and inner work. On top of that, they are invitingly accessible.
NOTE: Deep appreciation to Gopi Vijaya, whose fascinating talk (see the 4:36:00 mark in the video) given at the recent MysTech summer conference directly inspired this post. Essentially I try to outline his chain of thoughts while adding bits of my own commentary about possible implications (in parens).
Music I’ve Loved : 12 – Lynda Thalie
Some topical ‘fusion’ music blending Arab, urban Franch pop, and Montreal world music flavors….
Utah’s So-So Salt Lake
True, it once was known as The Great Salt Lake, But now it’s just ‘okay’ or ‘so-so’ or ‘meh’. And with Trump’s petty penchant for trying to cram new, if hokey and unimaginative, geographic nomenclature down our economically thirsty throats, maybe this once spectacular inland sea has outlived, barely, its moniker. The following Google AI dialog highlights why…
Will the real Great Salt Lake please stand up?
Tell Me the Secret of Wampum
Other night I decided to mess with an AI research agent to see what kind of details it could point me towards concerning wampum, a goofy-corny childhood play term we used to use. Actually, it was a reverential term in the native American language of the tribes local to my formative region, coastal and inland New Jersey. These people called themselves “Lenapi”.
Music I’ve Loved : 11
Music from the edge of Pre-History: Peter Pringle’s researches into and deep love for the ancient bardic heritages of Sumeria and Egypt….
Buying Things
Tell me… am I thinking too much? Or can we make a real sacrament out of the debris of the everyday unwakeful routine?
Amazon Warehouse: hell on Earth
A Dream (2026/08/02)
True account to the best of my recall. (Because the memory function rapidly deteriorates immediately upon crossing the membrane from sleeping to waking — the sudden influx of sensory inputs taxes one’s will in an overpowering way.) Note: look here to see other dream narrations within this series.
The Blue Aura
Truth is everywhere, all about us, urgently awaiting eyeballs and hearts. Psychic habit is the rusty efficient lock. Sometimes something as simple as taking the divinity of a child seriously can be a key.
