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• A comment on Conversation: Evolutionary Mistakes, Human Predicament and Reverse Approach to Global Challenges

  4 hours ago: :-) There are no mistakes. We, as a species, are "Living" according to our Nature..........which, at this moment in history, resembles bacteria in a petri dish rapidly consuming all available resources. Nature, of which we are a part of, generally has the last word and pays no attention to time.

• A reply on Conversation: Be the Change.....Do unto Others...... Just Words?

  4 hours ago: Less than 5 minutes ago: It reflects relative Awareness. Or, it's absence. Technological advances Speed along! Human Evolution is slow and a wayssssss off from being a Conscious process. For now, it remains primarily Unconscious. We are not separate from any of these folks. They are sleeping........the extreme nature of Situations drives many to deeper depths of Sleep and Separateness. It Awakens others. The sleepers are most vocal for they are most fearful.
  
  Doing Unto Others and Being The Change is not some Rule that we should live by to keep things reasonable. It is THE way of Teaching those Who Sleep.

• A comment on Conversation: Tesla was blocked from selling cars in Texas. Is this a bad sign?

  3 days ago: Apologies. It is a bad sign. Not a new sign. Its trending that way. The evidence is overwhelming. Difficult to imagine an argument (consise) against......bigger questions Really Need to be Asked.

• A comment on Conversation: Tesla was blocked from selling cars in Texas. Is this a bad sign?

  3 days ago: :-) Your legislators are owned friend. Fear not. This is the case everywhere.
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  A comment on Conversation: Be the Change.....Do unto Others...... Just Words?

  3 days ago: I read it......All of the tension between All of the parties emerges from their misperception of Reality(including the Atheists). They have simply missed the entire point. None of them are Bad people.....they are simply doing the Best that They can.
  
  Regardless of intention, or Rules that they strive to live by, the tension and fighting and aggro'ness will continue as long as the Misperception Continues. Same for all Egoic-Fighting. All a Big Misunderstanding.
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  A comment on Conversation: Why is there a shortage of great leaders in the world today?

  6 days ago: Systems Select Individuals......if a higher quality of Being is sought, change the System to allow for such types.
  
  A corrupt system selects for Inferiors.....ouch

• A comment on Conversation: FATHERS DAY TRIBUTE: What did your dad do that was most influential and formative in your life?

  Jun 11 2013: He played guitar and sang frequently
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  A comment on Conversation: Self-Preservation Or Self-Sacrifice: Which Would You Choose ?

  May 21 2013: Good question....it speaks to the very deepest misperception that we pretty much all wade through day after day until the day our "Self" dies. Does a suicude bomber perceive himself as Seperate From or One With all Beings? Perhaps Selfishness and Selflessness are simply Symptoms of One's Correct or Incorrect Perception. Still, we Compare as if we truly Are separate.

• A reply on Conversation: Self-Preservation Or Self-Sacrifice: Which Would You Choose ?

  May 21 2013: I've no idea. The Self Compares Itself to others....alllllllll life long. Whenever I find myself submerged in Egoic-Comparison, I'm consistently proven Wrong on my assessment. Something always puts me in place.
  
  Question: what about degrees of Self-Centerdness? Could it be measured/observed in the survivor & the sacrificer?
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  A comment on Conversation: Self-Preservation Or Self-Sacrifice: Which Would You Choose ?

  May 21 2013: He who is least Self-Centered always takes the fall. It's not about morality or spirituality. It is about perception.