Monthly Archives: August 2011

Village Economy

Revert to sound economic principles based on model communities or villages. Peaceful atmosphere can be attained only when there is large-scale village organization, actually village life. excerpt from letter to Rayarama, Seattle, October 17, 1968: Nobody should take to very … more

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Grow Your Own Food

With the decline of the dollar and increase in food prices, real savings and wealth has fled to farmland and food production.

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Spiritual Master and the Disciple

“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.” (Bhagavad-gita 4.34)

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Ignorance is not bliss

Is That All There Is? The New Yorker – JAMES WOOD – Aug 15, 2011 I have a friend, an analytic philosopher and convinced atheist, who told me that she sometimes wakes in the middle of the night, anxiously turning … more

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Scientists looking to get a life

Possibly it helps their cause that until now there is no consensus among scientists as to what exactly the definition of life is…

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Scientific Findings Proved and Unproved

We can only experiment under certain conditions, and if the conditions are not favorable, our experiments fail. Why then are we so proud of experimental knowledge? Failed replication in science experiments invalidates research across science fields.

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Liquid Beauty

Illamasqua offer make-up for the afterlife Telegraph – BELINDA WHITE – July 11, 2011 It seems that looking good in life is only half the story. In response to an ever-growing demand to look good in death, cult British beauty … more

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The Demons Amongst Us

Distinguished by their insatiable, unscrupulous avarice… Is there anything in which Goldman Sachs doesn’t have its hand?

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