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Trump and the merchandise of doubt
This article is not pro-trump or anti-trump. It's simply my observations of Trump. But include my opinions and anecdotal evidence for my...
Back to normal?
I sit down and open Wikipedia's main page, and I see these four highlights in the news section: Kabul wedding bombing Russian Airline...
Are you ok? Part 3
I am forever wondering what it all means. What is my meaning here? What am I supposed to accomplish? Will, what I do in my life, have an...
Are you ok? Part 2
St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney had, and maybe still has, a specialist anxiety clinic that, 20 years ago, was pretty much the cutting...
Are you ok? Part 1
At one point in my mid-twenties, I was living in Sydney and working at a Hospital, and for various reasons, I started having destructive...
A service alcove at an airport.
Once in a stopover in San Francisco airport, I had a lengthy stay between flights and had walked to the terminal and was looking for a...
Our observer effect
One of the most bizarre premises of quantum theory (the measurement at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles) is that the observer...
Dear Diary
I just don't know what to do. I am exhausted with it all. I really want to break up with this girl, but I keep sticking with her because...
Am I being selfish?
I find it constantly fascinating how people who claim there is no greater moral authority than humanity itself or their own formulated...
Forced medical treatment for the greater good
As far as I understand, the only way currently one can be forced to have medical treatment is under the mental health act or a court...
Heart not in it
What do you do when your heart is just 'not in it'? Over my life, there have been many moments when I have been doing something or been...
Basics for healthy simplicity
One of the things I have a clear tendency for is getting caught in the details of something and losing sight of the overall picture. In...
Rituals for heart change Part 3
I recently read, well it was an audiobook, so I listened to, a book called Effortless by Greg McGeown. In one chapter, he was talking...
Rituals for heart change Part 2
I would like to explore today whether religious rituals serve a purpose in modern Christianity? Pretty much all religions outside of...
Rituals for heart change Part 1
Sometimes during stressful times, we start to cling to rituals to feel ok. I remember at one such point; I become obsessive-compulsive...
Hardened hearts
While I was in the USA, I travelled a lot on Amtrak, the quasi-government-owned long-distance train system. I was travelling from Oakland...
Confidence in ones own competence
Let's presume for a moment you wish to gain a skill or become competent at something, say understanding and using Microsoft Excel. With...
Pride the insidious weapon
Pride. It is just the most insidious thing. It takes you over by stealth, robs you of a proper self-view, alienates you from others. It's...
Christmas Pagan Ritual or something else
It is evident to anyone who even does the most minor look into it that the modern western traditions of Christmas are deeply rooted in...
Acting in our self-interest
Allan Greenspan was the head of the US Federal Reserve Bank for several years and during the 2008 financial crisis said something to the...
Pain or Pleasure Part 3
The guy I met who was into S&M had in his mind found a pathway for him to take control of his pain. But consciously inflicting pain on...
Pain or Pleasure Part 2
The Motivation-Decision Model talked about previously is curious in that it states “The decision process requires information about the...
Pain or Pleasure Part 1
The Australian band ‘The Divinyls’ in 1985 released a song called ‘Pleasure And Pain’. One of the key lines in the song is “It's a fine,...
Praying for a puppy
There is nothing in my experience that is more deeply despairing then when your dysfunction is the cause of you not getting the things...
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