“Among the most basic questions raised by human beings are those of origins. How did the human species arise? How was the earth created? What about the sun? The moon? The stars? Why do we have night and day? Why do people die? No human society lacks answers to such questions. While these answers vary [...]
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About five to six million years ago, the succession of species that gave rise to us separated from the succession that led to the apes. As Robert Greene, author of “The 48 Laws of Power,” noted, “We want to believe we’re descended from angels when we’re descended from primates.” From a common ancestor, the apes [...]
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Earth is a hostile place. Life is a high-risk and ultimately fatal activity. Those of us who ask for peace and justice ask for something no other life-form enjoys. Every form of life struggles to survive and reproduce from one day to the next. Every meal represents life for one life-form and death for another. [...]
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Our universe began with a violent Big Bang 13.75 billion years ago. Since then, violence has continued uninterrupted. Our planet, formed 4.56 billion years ago, is warmed by the nuclear explosions of hydrogen and helium gases that comprise our sun. Everyday all life forms struggle, often violently, to survive and reproduce. Day in and out, [...]
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We are challenged to graduate from our genetically inherited and very problematical short-term survival instincts and related thinking that permeate everything we do (politics, religion, business, social interaction). We are challenged to move beyond antiquated and divisive religious thought and to find our transcendence in this world, not in an imaginary one. We are [...]
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