PinnedMember-onlySemi complete list of contents (thanks to Pauline Evanosky and Timothy J. Sabo…) but look through the lists (thanks James Bellerjeau) to find articles categorised roughly by subjectHere’s where you can find a (semi) complete list of all that I’ve written so far. I’m recovering from disorder disorder and part of that recovery includes going over the whole of my life so far and disentangling some of the knotty messes, reintegrating, reordering, recovering and reorganising — which…Table Of Contents6 min readTable Of Contents6 min read
20 hours agoMember-onlyWhat They Didn’t Tell Us During Covid: Food is Power — let’s take the power back!Education is power And food and exercise (especially in nature) is powerful medicine. Eating a wholefood, largely plant-based diet can improve immunity dramatically. But during the Covid pandemic, we were told to wear masks, get vaccinated, keep our distance, and wash our hands. Nothing in government advice from any nation referred to diet…Vegan8 min readVegan8 min read
Published in The Taoist Online·2 days agoMember-onlyThe More-Than-Human: Exploring Intelligence in NatureAs the single being upon the earth that possesses understanding, man is certainly titular lord of nature and, supposing we regard nature as a teleological system, he is born to be its ultimate end. So said Immanuel Kant, in a quote that pivots on what Paul Taylor clearly recognised was…Taoism3 min readTaoism3 min read
Published in The Higher Learning Futurist·2 days agoMember-onlyCollectively, we have power. We always have had.In his book, The Madness of Crowds, Charles MacKay says of humanity, “it has been well said, they think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one”. So let’s recover our senses, and in doing…Wayne Dyer6 min readWayne Dyer6 min read
Published in The Daily Cuppa·3 days agoMember-onlyHow to Change Your Brain State the J. B. Taylor WayStimulus: I’m late. Sweat runs down my sides. I’m embarrassed. The world has moved on without me. How to escape the sense of inadequacy? Bring attention to the BRAIN! B: Take awareness to the breath. There it is. It’s still going on, birth to death. R: Cherie, my left-brain emotional…The Daily Cuppa1 min readThe Daily Cuppa1 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Mar 8Member-onlyHow to respond to disagreements online, and in life: the Burkes, and Trans Rights in IrelandI’m learning as I go. As you know, I’m a yoga and meditation teacher and I’m also a non dualist, in the sense that I believe that what’s going on in the world is entirely interconnected with what’s going on in my own brain and experience. We see what we’re…Transgender8 min readTransgender8 min read
Mar 7Member-onlyPandemic and the parsing of profit: a personal take on qui bonoMy pandemic (so far — it’s an ongoing phenomenon) has been relatively benign. I’ve been vaccinated three times, twice with Pfizer, once with Moderna, and had no ill effects, not so much as a sniffle. I caught COVID once, about six months after the third vaccination, and although I think…Pandemic Stories6 min readPandemic Stories6 min read
Mar 3Member-onlyEnough of either/orYesterday I wrote about the debate between allowing capitalism to solve the mess we’re in or needing to change the system entirely. Today, I want to explore the idea that perhaps it’s not an either/or question. Gey klop kop af vant. Go bang your head against the wall, is one…Kierkegaard3 min readKierkegaard3 min read
Mar 2Member-onlyThe great debate: capitalism and climate change/ the ecological emergencyI just received a link on Mastodon saying that Dr Jeremy Leggett on behalf of Highlands Rewilding bought the 3500 acre Tayvallich Estate in Argyll via crowdfunding for £10 million. They intend to allow the estate to rewild, but they will also take into account the local community, its needs…Rewilding3 min readRewilding3 min read
Published in Life Through a Lens·Mar 1Member-onlySome thoughts on AI, stories, and the foibles of agingI’m not interested in Chat GPT writing a story for me, because for me, the whole point of writing a story is, as Steven Pressfield might say, to allow the Muse to amuse itself through me. This means that I am a channel for something much larger and more subtle…Creative Writing3 min readCreative Writing3 min read